Monday, August 02, 2004
The female president of the Royal College of Physicians has said that the respect and influence of doctors in society is diminishing, and it's because there are too many women doctors. It's of course nothing to do with a twenty-five year program by Government to inculcate in to society the idea that doctors are merely human beings so could make mistakes, here's the number you should call for your compensation? It's nothing to do with the fact that until recently the gatekeepers at all levels of British society were straight white men, so the only people that could afford to become doctors were those people who were independently wealthy? Perhaps Professor Carol Black could point to which aspects of society, the judiciary, the police, politicans, haven't suffered a similar loss of respect? Why, for the good of her profession, isn't she resigning immediately?
