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I want to thank Dr. Topolski and Dr. Vinson for their response to my essay. Several others have sent personal e-mails expressing their concern for the future of the profession and the shifting environment in which we practice.
As Dr. Topolski indicated, we have spoken over the years about our divergent paths, and the sources of our frustration and joy in family medicine. He grew up in my adopted Maine county, a...
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What is the path forward when every path leads backwards away from the physician and patient? The progressive proletarianization of physicians continues as predicated thirty years ago[1] when this writer's teaching attendings thought it quaint and absurd. Now, however, physicians who could once claim highest income by working independently now pursue employment for income maximization.[2] Contrary to our discipline's...
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David, many thanks for your thoughtful reflections on what ails us as physicians and how we can regain what we've lost. May we all heed.
Thanks
Dan VinsonCompeting interests: None declared
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