¶ … Err is Human
It is the opinion of this author as a health care professional that much of the errors in the system are due to health care cutbacks first mandated by HMOs and what will now happen under the new federal laws and guidelines. Of course, such a view might be considered to not be viable. It is after all always easy to blame the "system" for issues that institutions and individuals commit. While this may certainly be the case, ask any hospital doctor or nurse who has been in the system for awhile (at least those who have survived burn-out) and they will make the anecdotal observation that they feel more tired, burned out and less able to function than ever. Simply, the psychological strain of dealing with too many patients makes one long for the days of rich private "Cadillac" insurance policies in the 1960s and 70s that allowed hospital stays until problems were curred. From this author's point-of-view, many times can not do more with less but rather produce less in both quality and quantity. This point will be visited further briefly in section B. Of the essay.
Section A
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