Summed up in one line

August 31, 2004

Via Blogborygmi, our surgeon friend from A Cut to Cure . . . gives us a quote that summarizes many of the challenges and frustrations facing physicians today:

An older physician brought this up the other day during a discussion about liability premiums and declining reimbursement. It is a good, simple expression about the frustration many physicians feel:

“Why am I worth so little when I do my job right, and worth so much when I make a mistake?”



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