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Why are doctors so unhappy?

BMJ 2001; 322 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1073 (Published 05 May 2001) Cite this as: BMJ 2001;322:1073

Rapid Response:

unhappiness in private practice

In private practice, most of the time we have to compromise on the
quality of health care as most of the patients cannot afford to have the
ideal treatment after a systematic evaluation. In addition, we have to cope
with the increasing number of cases being filed against doctors citing
medical negligence. Unless doctors are trained to critically evaluate
and investigate optimally, spend more time in counselling, let the
patient bear some responsibility in decision making we cannot do justice
to the profession we are in.

Competing interests: No competing interests

30 May 2001
Padmaja Veeramachaneni
consultant gynecologist and infertility specialist
sibar women's hospital ,vijayawada,india