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<blockquote data-quote="TechGrrl" data-source="post: 585402" data-attributes="member: 4932">You certainly bring up some interesting points to discuss.&nbsp; Having read through these articles, I can agree with some of the points, but not others.FREX, I can&#039;t accept not licensing health care professionals.&nbsp; In a small community, it is possible to know your neighbors, and know whether they are competent or not.&nbsp; In a complex society such as ours, that is impossible.&nbsp; So licensing of doctors, while stipulating that there is a bit of controlling supply going on, is necessary in order to insure a minimal level of quality.&nbsp; Otherwise the death toll is too high.&nbsp; How would I, in a practical way, be able to choose a doctor absent licensing requirements?&nbsp; I have no way to evaluate them myself.&nbsp; And if you suggest that there be some review mechanism set up to report on the success or failure of doctors, you simply create the trust problem all over again.&nbsp; We have such mechanisms today, and still the incompetents sneak through the cracks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TechGrrl, post: 585402, member: 4932"] You certainly bring up some interesting points to discuss. Having read through these articles, I can agree with some of the points, but not others. FREX, I can't accept not licensing health care professionals. In a small community, it is possible to know your neighbors, and know whether they are competent or not. In a complex society such as ours, that is impossible. So licensing of doctors, while stipulating that there is a bit of controlling supply going on, is necessary in order to insure a minimal level of quality. Otherwise the death toll is too high. How would I, in a practical way, be able to choose a doctor absent licensing requirements? I have no way to evaluate them myself. And if you suggest that there be some review mechanism set up to report on the success or failure of doctors, you simply create the trust problem all over again. We have such mechanisms today, and still the incompetents sneak through the cracks. [/QUOTE]

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