Osler computer wallpaper, with neither the great doctor nor a patient anywhere in sight...These days it seems doctors want to be like "Doogie Howser MD" - a sort of precocious Peter Pan physician.
HOUSE MD, another popular medical television show, features a disabled hero who is friendless and addicted to drugs. Neither character is a proper role model for healers.
When you hear physicians talking together in your hospital, are they discussing health or holidays, medicine or mortgages? If perks and a big salary represent your physician's most precious goals, maybe it's time to hand him a golf ball and tell him to Tee Off.
