I would agree. In general I would expect people to choose less regulated industries or migrate away from industries as they become more regulated. This is not based on any sources or studies I’ve read but I suspect numbers are available if someone were to go looking. Although, I think, you may get a different kind of person migrating into that position. Politicians instead of physicians.

No reason to question her dedication. I guess its always possible for someone to get tired of their career or decide something else is more intersting. However, if people are treating you poorly it sounds it’s probably, at minimum a contributing factor.

So based on your supposition, you expect to see a general movement of people away from occupations with the most regulations toward those with less regulations? That’s reasonable and it seems like a testible hypothesis to me; I wonder if there is any data to support it?

Steve

Yes, I suspect they feel entitled somehow to have whatever they want or need. Granted some people are just jerks and that could explain it but this was a small practice and she would literally spend as long as needed with each family answering questions and explaining her medical judgements. So it’s not possible to question her dedication to her craft or feel she just grew tired of it. To feel saddened is one thing. To feel like you were unjustly wronged is unwarranted and wrong.

I suspect more and more of the better doctors will for various reasons need to flee to other careers or less risky positions. Those that will flourish under the increasing regulations will be those you don’t want.

“I think the idea that makes people think they were right to yell at this woman is very closely related to the idea that makes them think they are right to force the doctors, insurance companies and ultimately their neighbors to provide healthcare under government coercion.”

Well these people will get what they deserve but it’s too bad that you and your family had to suffer for it.

They were screaming at the doctor? As the goverment expands its control, that type of terrible behavior is only going to get more common.

Steve

I am Kevin’s wife & I did tell her that I totally understood why she was quitting. If she can’t make money for her family, then she needs to be doing something where she can. I know her family should be her top priority so while I was disappointed to be losing such a great doctor, I could not be angry at her about it. I also told her that there was NO way that I would yell at her for this. I know her level of care & I know that had NOTHING to do with her practice closing. I was shocked when she said that several parents were screaming at her that day; I could not imagine any rational reason to do such a thing.

Her response was that while she needs to begin making money for her family (she hasn’t brought in an income from the 2 year old practice at all), she said that she also was concerned with the 300 families that she cares for. She wanted to be able to bring them/us the highest level of care & is getting to the point where she can’t financially do it.

Her main concern was that the community would not totally shut her out, as she lives in the area & her children attend the local schools. She basically wanted to know if we’d still say hi if we saw her on the street. With the level of care, kindness & concern that she has given my kids, me & my family in the past 3 years (we saw her at a practice prior to her solo one), she deserves more than a simple hello. We exchanged personal info & will stay in touch, with me forever hoping that she goes back into pediatric medicine (she’s going to be an er doc in the city) while my kids are young enough.

I am not yet sure what causes that emotional resistance to dive into the new problem. I think it’s related to the fact that I know I’ll get interrupted. And the deeper and more complex a problem gets the greater the chance I’ll expend effort only to have it wasted when I am interrupted and haven’t yet figured out the solution yet.

I’ve been working to recognize that emotional state and to stop and ask myself the question, “What do you want?” when that happens. I mean that question in the long term sense not the immediate, it has helped to keep me focused.

I think my long term strategy is to become more cantankerous when interrupted to train those around me when to leave grumpy Kevin alone.

On a side note, send me your email address…. or I will call you up at work & bother the receptionist at CoreDial.