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To: LindyBill who wrote (202492)	4/14/2007 4:42:05 AM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793859

in the years past i have discussed with doctors their career choice. many wouldn't do it again. I wonder how daily, seeing patients coming into them with colds, check ups etc they get motivated. There is no opportunity for creativity, risk of new systems, procedures, how many get to move onto other opportunities in their field. I remember one time going with a friend to have her child looked at for a regular check up. she was concerned over something which i forget about now. her appointment was on Friday afternoon. the doctor was so distant.. he wasn't even in the room, i noticed him staring out the window at times when she was dumping about her child's problems. my immediate thoughts,, he is some place else! on the golf course, thinking about saturday already.. he certainly was bored stiff. I told her my feelings after leaving she got upset.. he has the best reputation in the area for children. I told her he didn't even hear half of what she was saying. Sure enough the baby was back the next week for prescription drug and check up. this time she got his partner. another time during my physical from a dr who used to post on the web financial investments. I asked how he liked what he was doing. his comment was he enjoyed helping sick people get well but most of the patients he sees are routine. He was bored stiff in his job, i figure you have highly educated men and women who seek high achievements and they stick them in a cubicle or several cubicles to run around day in and day out without any opportunities to be creative and use their intelligence and experiences. I wonder regardless of social med how many of the doctors in the survey are negative because of the choice of career not because of working conditions.

To: LindyBill who wrote (202492)	4/14/2007 1:13:59 PM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793859

If you look at such government idiocy as requiring cheerleaders to be at girls' sporting events as much as they are at boys' events I'm all for cheerleaders being at all school events. :)