Janet,
You thought I was a lawyer? Coming from anyone except a physician, I would take that as a compliment. <vvvbg>
I have worked some in the legal field but primarily in the medical field for most of my adult life. I am what we now like to be called a medical language specialist, formerly known as medical transcriptionist, both of which are fancy phrases that mean I type and edit medical (and sometimes legal) reports. I have been self-employed at this endeavor for about ten years. Hospitals forbidding smoking had a lot to do with my going the self-employment route. Of course, hospital cost-cutting and downsizing with respect to full-timers played into this, too.
I had hesitated to be too specific about how I earn my living because I did not want people to think anything I said was carved in granite or that I was practicing medicine on the Internet without a license. Many of the conclusions I have come to are based on the reports that I type. What may come as a surprise to all is that while I live in the San Francisco Bay area, the reports I type come from all over the country, this being made possible by the Internet. What may come as even more of a surprise is that your medical report, wherever you may be, has just as good a chance of being typed by me or by someone in Jamaica or India or other far-off exotic place. The global mrketplace knows no bounds.
If you view Dr. Crippen's page in text mode, it might seem a little less confusing. Dr. Crippen really seems to love those graphics. While I think him to be an excellent physician, there is no way I would use him as my interior decorator. Oh, and his choices in music are pretty sad too. <g>
Holly |
