A License to Heal...A License to Steal

Physicians play a very important role in the lives of individuals families and communities. Their role involves medical ethical psychological social legal financial and other attributes. Sooner or later each of us a family member a friend or someone we know will interact with a physician. The interactions of physicians with patients and their families other physicians and allied healthcare providers and others vary considerably; that is from outstanding to awful. There are many reasons for this including doctorhood which I define as the quality or character of a doctor(s). For the most part understanding the attributes of doctorhood the medical profession health care and health care reform in the United States are what this book is about.