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Culturally, I suspect this would not go over well. There are a shocking number of people that would be less than impressed to be served by a doctor with a non-
by douche 11y ago
Culturally, I suspect this would not go over well. There are a shocking number of people that would be less than impressed to be served by a doctor with a non-Anglo-Saxon last name, even if they spoke perfect English.
Especially older people, who are the largest consumers of healthcare.
- falsestprophet 11y agoPeople are accustomed to having foreign physicians, other-than-white physicians and certainly other-than-Anglo-Saxon physicians. Nearly 30% of US primary care physicians trained abroad. Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/12/health/12chen.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/12/health/12chen.html Only 8.7% of the US are descended from the English (Anglo-Saxons) Source: http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/c2kbr-35.pdf http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/c2kbr-35.pdf That said, the US could easily recruit physicians from Europe including the UK so you may very well get more Anglo-Saxon physicians!
- secondtimeuse 11y agoGood luck with that, considering europe already gets huge number of physicians from India. http://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad/india-biggest-exporter-of-doctors-nurses-to-europe-report-1260003 http://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad/india-biggest-exporter-of...
- falsestprophet 11y agoIt doesn't follow that because many European physicians come from India that few European physicians would choose to work in the United States.
- serge2k 11y ago> Especially older people, who are the largest consumers of healthcare the old bigots can learn to live with it.
- knowaveragejoe 11y agoI don't think this is true. A "shocking number" doesn't mean "the majority" or anywhere close to it in this case, but rather more than there should be(none).