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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, January 02 2013 @ 09:22 PM EST |
I was toying with the Subject line: From the Grain of Salt Dept.
Somehow the Lawyers and CEOs at the top left seemed too obvious...
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| Authored by: jesse on Thursday, January 03 2013 @ 09:49 AM EST |
The difference between Doctors and Surgeons is rather small, but significant.
Doctors tend to be generalists - they have to work with lots of people (both
patients, staff, and insurance). Their paycheck depends on patients coming
back.
Surgeons are specialists - they usually get called by doctors on a consulting
basis... and may not even see the patient (at the beginning). They are also
usually associated with the hospital so their dealing with insurance is usually
indirect - the hospital does it instead. They may actually only see the patient
two or three times before surgery and once or twice after... The primary patient
interface is the staff and personal doctor.
Their paycheck depends on the number of operations they carry out.
Another example is the anesthesiologist... they may be a doctor (depending on
where), but the patient never sees them.
I had a surgery (deviated septum), but only saw the surgeon once before the
surgery (an office visit), and once after (when he removed the supporting
structure from my nose). As for the anesthesiologist... never (unless he was the
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