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Re: Going into medicine From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com) Fri Jan 28 08:42:57 2005 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Going into medicine" Previous message: art fougner, md: "Re: Going into medicine" In reply to: Joanne Bulley, MD: "Going into medicine" Next in thread: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Going into medicine" Doctors Vanish From View Katherine Hobson, U.S. News & World Report, January 31, 2005 An in-depth story from U.S. News & World Report looks at the recent decline in career satisfaction among physicians--in part due to "the threat of malpractice suits"--and at the risk of a physician shortage as the baby boomer generation ages. Some experts predict a shortage of up to 200,000 doctors by 2020. "In certain specialties like geriatrics, cardiology, neurosurgery, and oncology, the shortages are projected to be nationwide, even in areas with a high concentration of doctors. Demand for their services will rise as the baby boomers age and develop chronic conditions, but there isn't a corresponding surge of interested students." Applications to medical school are currently "10,000 below 1996's peak of 47,000." More - http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/050131/health/31choices.htm art At Fri, 28 Jan 2005, Joanne Bulley, MD wrote: > >Following our comments about crazy to go into medicine these days, I am >wondering what you'd say in teh following instance. > >I am sure we all get these questions. What is your response when a >patient says "my daughter / son wants to go into medicine ... can he / >she come talk with you?" > >-- >Joanne Bulley, MD >Keene, NH, USA > >"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, >deserve neither liberty nor security." -- Benjamin Franklin > -- art fougner, md "If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else." Lawrence Peter Berra Next message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Going into medicine" Previous message: art fougner, md: "Re: Going into medicine" In reply to: Joanne Bulley, MD: "Going into medicine" Next in thread: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Going into medicine"

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