We are reminded every day by our young service managers wet behind
their ears, ministers, trustboard members etc as to how insignificant our
profession is. We are able to shrug that all of because we know that it is
untrue and that even with all the guidelines and incident forms the
medical professional is if not the king pin pretty much at the centre of
medical care.So what is one to make of this article in a journal funded by
our subcriptions?Tounge deeply embedded in the cheek? checking our
masochism which has been institutionalized by attacks on the medical
profession by all and sundry or to check out our sense of humour. One
could dismiss it as a rant or sadly say Et tu Brutus?
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A medical professional in the NHS who thinks he is reasonably clever
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Et Tu Brutus?
We are reminded every day by our young service managers wet behind their ears, ministers, trustboard members etc as to how insignificant our profession is. We are able to shrug that all of because we know that it is untrue and that even with all the guidelines and incident forms the medical professional is if not the king pin pretty much at the centre of medical care.So what is one to make of this article in a journal funded by our subcriptions?Tounge deeply embedded in the cheek? checking our masochism which has been institutionalized by attacks on the medical profession by all and sundry or to check out our sense of humour. One could dismiss it as a rant or sadly say Et tu Brutus?
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