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Post by jessupdc on Apr 24, 2018 8:26:37 GMT -5
It used to be so simple: You made an appointment with a doctor and would almost certainly see an MD, someone who spent four years in medical school and then had at least three years of additional training, usually in a hospital.
But today you’re likely to encounter a veritable alphabet soup of health-care degrees: DO, PA, NP and ND, to name a few. Who are all these people? What training do they have? Which one is best for you? And where’s your good-old MD, anyway?
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~ Bonnie
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Post by billm65 on Apr 24, 2018 11:51:12 GMT -5
I am having no trouble seeing my doctor, but, since I have to get my toenails clipped on a scheduled basis, I have had many different "interns" or "assistance" people do that job, and believe me, some of them need more training at it.
But, since I can no longer do it myself, I have no choice in the matter. I never know which person will come into my room. Then, when the doctor does come to check the job, I explain whether it was good or not, but that's the only time I see the foot doctor any more. I suppose, this may happen to my regular doctor as medicare pays most of the charges. 
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Post by budgall on Apr 24, 2018 12:27:58 GMT -5
Bonnie in order to read your Washington Post items/links as above you must pay to read them if you are not a subscriber to the Post. The Post wants a fee of $1 to read your "Why Don’t I See a Doctor When I Visit the Doctor’s Office?" post.
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Post by jholland1964 on Apr 24, 2018 13:33:15 GMT -5
Bonnie in order to read your Washington Post items/links as above you must pay to read them if you are not a subscriber to the Post. The Post wants a fee of $1 to read your "Why Don’t I See a Doctor When I Visit the Doctor’s Office?" post. Very good point budgall and many people do not know this. This is also true of links to the New York Times, the Charlotte Observer, Indianapolis Star, Chicago Tribune and many other big city newspapers. Generally a non-subscriber is given a certain number of "free reads", 10 seems to be the common number. There is usually a "countdown" or small pop up someplace on the link that tells you that you have "x" number of free reads left and once you have had your number of "free reads" then you must pay or not bother because the pages are blocked out. While its very nice to link to information that many might like to read, and we do thank you for it, it is possible that many may not be able to read it because of the requirement to pay to read or pay to subscribe. |
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Post by jessupdc on Apr 24, 2018 18:36:00 GMT -5
Message from Judy:
I am sorry but I have had to remove the attached .PDF file due to ProBoard Rules and Regulations and U.S. copyright laws.
The first post in this thread is a link to an article in the Washington Post but unless users have a subscription to the paper it is very possible that they will have to pay to read the article, as noted by budgall with added info from me.
Bonnie then posted an attachment which was a .PDF copy of the article. While it is very nice to try to share this article it was originally a copyrighted article from Consumer Reports and reprinted with CR permission in the Washington Post. But even if it had not been from there it is a violation to copy/paste full articles or to save them as .PDF's or Word Documents from newspapers or magazines and then attach them to threads without the copyright holders written permission.
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