Comments on: An obsession with making money can be a sign of physician burnout http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/10/obsession-making-money-sign-physician-burnout.html Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/10/obsession-making-money-sign-physician-burnout.html#comment-116080 Anonymous Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:37:15 +0000 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/?p=40902#comment-116080 Doctor Grumpy, the neurologist blogger, commented re: his 10/21/09 entry ("Games People Play"):"Some people do get into this (medicine) to help people."And some get into it just for money, then find it's not as easy to get rich quick as they thought, and do anything, ethical or not, to make a buck."And many get into it to help people, and between student loans and family and life discover that it's not the financially solvent field it used to be, and then do anything desperately to make a buck."Forgive me for quoting him at length. I don't think I could say it any better myself, as this is certainly true amongst my colleagues. Doctor Grumpy, the neurologist blogger, commented re: his 10/21/09 entry (“Games People Play”):

“Some people do get into this (medicine) to help people.

“And some get into it just for money, then find it’s not as easy to get rich quick as they thought, and do anything, ethical or not, to make a buck.

“And many get into it to help people, and between student loans and family and life discover that it’s not the financially solvent field it used to be, and then do anything desperately to make a buck.”

Forgive me for quoting him at length. I don’t think I could say it any better myself, as this is certainly true amongst my colleagues.

]]> By: buckeye surgeonhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/10/obsession-making-money-sign-physician-burnout.html#comment-115993 buckeye surgeon Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:59:27 +0000 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/?p=40902#comment-115993 A sign of burnout? Well, maybe. I would say it's also a pretty indicator that you're a greedy, morally bankrupt ass. I don't think the "financially obsessed" types get that way from burn out; they were that way to start with.... A sign of burnout? Well, maybe. I would say it’s also a pretty indicator that you’re a greedy, morally bankrupt ass. I don’t think the “financially obsessed” types get that way from burn out; they were that way to start with….

]]> By: ninguemhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/10/obsession-making-money-sign-physician-burnout.html#comment-115954 ninguem Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:37:16 +0000 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/?p=40902#comment-115954 Obsession with making money is a sign of physician burnout?The current Administration and Congress are doing their level best to fix that problem for us. Heh. Obsession with making money is a sign of physician burnout?

The current Administration and Congress are doing their level best to fix that problem for us. Heh.

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