Medical practice is easier today. no it is not. ?

Some believe that practicing medicine is much easier today for medical personnel than it was some years ago. But, this view is not supported by all.

·         Do you think the first view is of some substance?

·         What could be the factors that make some others oppose this view?

Medical practice, no matter when, has always been a serious job. However, there is a belief, of late, that it is not so tough today as it was. This opinion, in my perspective, is not without some significance. But, there are reasons for others to take an opposite stance.

Medical profession has come a long way in many more terms than one could imagine of. Diagnostics, pharmaceuticals, treatment modalities, critical care management exercises and the like have become so handy and predictable for the medical personnel. The IT enabled speed with which medical information gets generated and spread across the world has been keeping the medical fraternity at a greater advantage today than it was some 20 or 30 years before.

For example, any new medical breakthrough that happens anywhere in the world is accessible for all and made affordable for both medical practitioners and their clientele. Things were not that easy sometime ago. So the first view holds some water.

This significance of the opinion notwithstanding, there is relevance in the view expressed by the opposing camp. The first thing could be that, today, patients are much more informed and choosy than their older counterparts. Naturally, the god-like posture of doctors has given way to a service provider’s, calling for greater accountability.

Besides, very strange medical conditions that defy all diagnostic procedures, pressure generated by the industrialization of medical care and, above all, the ever increasing professional-patient ratio could be the other factors that endorse other view.

There is no doubt about the fact that medical practice, to an extent, has become more comfortable for the medical guild. But, everything is not that rosy for them. The factors that make others think that it is harder today are indicative of that fact. This is my conclusion.

285 words. 26.3.15

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