Re: AAFP president's response to an Emergency Medicine News editorial

[Guest guest]

i'm shocked, just shocked, that an ED doc would rail so forcefully and

with such vitriol against us stupid, lazy, no-nothing family doctors,

and against doctors in general, trained nowadays. after all, we

didn't grow up the hard way, wading through the blood and guts of the

knife and gun club, saving lives by shoving sharp metal objects into

dying patients' orifices while slurping down caffeine by the gallon to

stay awake for another 36 hours at a time.

but i digress.

i would merely ask dr ED three questions: does he believe that a

medical home or however he would name it, is a valid and valuable

concept? what would the well-functioning and efficient dr ED health

care system look like? are there any elements of our current health

care system that would be incorporated into dr ED's system?

dr ED is concerned about the failings of our health care system, and

rightly so; i see many failings in it, too.

what solutions does dr ED have? it's legitimate to criticize; one's

criticism is validated by offering solutions. i'd like to hear dr ED's.

LL