On Feb 11, 2009, at 3:14 PM, Mark Smith wrote: > On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Chris Gehlker <[email protected]> > wrote: >> I'm not sure about finance but this has actually been extensively >> studied as between law and medicine and the problem is much greater >> in >> medicine. The problem is actually diminishing in the realm of legal >> services. > > I can believe that the problem is *diminishing* in the world of law, > but I'd still argue that, at least in my two reference nations (UK and > Germany) and according to my frame of values, that lawyers are > generally more overpaid than medical doctors.
That's certainly not the case in the US but then my understanding is that doctors are paid a lot less relatively in those two countries. In at least some US states, nurse practitioners are legally allowed to write prescriptions but they aren't allowed to practice independently so practically they aren't allowed to do it. LuKreme is exactly right. Doctors in the US make an incredible amount of money writing routine prescriptions. It is well documented that for things like routine hypertension medication doctors who bill by the visit don't tend to write prescriptions for longer than a month while doctors on salary tend to write the same prescriptions for three months. I'm sure there are some who would argue that the doctors who insist on more frequent visits are providing 'better care'. I'm skeptical. -- Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before. -Steven Wright, comedian (b. 1955) _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
