On Apr 16, 10:20 am, Larry Jaques
wrote:
On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:33:56 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm, Eregon
quickly quoth:

While some continue as "Family Practice Specialists" [AKA GP's], the
rapid advance of medicine renders many specialists - including many
Surgeons - obsolete within 20 years.

So, do MDs in your area go out of business once their specialty has
run its course?

As I said before, some continue as "Family Practice Specialists" while
others do other things.

A lot of them go into Agriculture, the rest tend to go into Politics. G

Fertilizer is fertilizer, I reckon.

For that matter, large numbers of Specialists have elected to revert
to being GPs simply because of the insanely-high Malpractice Insurance
Premiums demanded for their specialities. [Neurosurgery, for example]

Ah, so they don't make money looking at 132 coughs, colds, sprains,
and abrasions every day...at $140 a pop? Poor guys!

You must live in the Peoples' Republik of Kalipornia - the average GP
office visit around here is $35 and that gets split between the GP, his
nurse(s), and the clinic.

Close. I moved up a state 6 years ago. I'm now residing in the
Peoples' Republik of Oregon, an even more tightly regulated state.

--
It is better to wear out than to rust out.
-- Bishop Richard Cumberland

Hey don't knock it, they probably still speak English there.

Citizen Jimserac