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--- A S Lockey <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > And what is wrong with being an accident specialist? > The opposite argument > would be that you are selling out by pretending to > be a physician!!!! You > chastise those who want to do surgical procedures > yet you wish to take over > the domain of the physician. Is this not > hypocritical?? > > We should embrace the fact that our specialty is > diverse. Remember that > different hospitals warrant different approaches > from their Emergency > Department. We have a particularly good MAU with > enthusiastic consultant > physicians so there is no need for us to venture > down that route. I have > however worked in hospitals where the physicians > have shown no interest in > emergency medicine. Horses for courses, I say! > > Why don't we stop bickering and realise that the > role of the Emergency > Department is different from hospital to hospital. > The important fact is > that there IS a role. While I sympathise with your opinions there is a problem with this. Without a clearly defined area of expertise we lay ourselves open to a charge of dabbling, and dabbling is considered dangerous these days. This is not helped by some of the idiot pronouncements by colleagues in other specialties. The "All hand injuries must be seen by a hand surgeon", type of thing. Really! And how big are your clinics? Now there may come a day when appointments are for A&E consultant with special interest in ???, but I can't see this happening until we at least have enough to go round. Cheers Fred. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com