David
that sounds so spectacular! Great to have guts and go for the gusto. So glad you were able to find what you were looking for. I'm not sure I could do it - I could not leave my family ties here.
I am not complaining about the clinical practice of medicine. Working in my micropractice with a stable population of 750 patients over the past 12 years, I too have been the beneficiary ( and on the giving end too ) of deep and lasting appreciation respect and caring from my homogeneous, white, relatively privileged population here. People are people wherever you are, whether rich or poor, white or non white and the ties that bind us appear to be the same. Previously had worked in a Latino - immigrant based FHQC for 15 years and had been hesitant to move to this practice location in bikable/runnable distance from my home due to just the homogeneity of the population and the air of privilege issues, but this turned out to be not the issue. Rich people need doctors too ! The issues here are primary care payment and the sheer volume ( and increasing) of crap 'quality' documentation authorizations etc being in practie requires. But you cant have everything apparently. As long as I have the most important things, then I remain overall satisfied with my choices.
Lynn
