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Had the same thought when I read the title. Then "Ah, the old non-profit that's really a for-profit in disguise." A tale as old as dimes (and nickels). Brick
by araes 3y ago
Had the same thought when I read the title. Then "Ah, the old non-profit that's really a for-profit in disguise." A tale as old as dimes (and nickels). Bricks also (the gold variety).
Notably, article written by: Marty Makary, M.D., M.P.H., professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Carey Business School. Even some of the doctors don't seem to like the situation much.
Be weird being a doctor where you didn't like your own hospital's priorities very much, except I read those doctor/nursing stories all the time. The UK situation's been so depressing I mostly avoid those articles when I check the Guardian.
The profit motive (or disguised non-profit cousin) has also been leading to what seems like not sane work hours of 12+ shifts in a lot of cases, which is another issue [1]. The nurses seem to hate it, the staff say its not safe, yet the profit says 12h shifts.
[1] https://human-resources-health.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12960-022-00731-2 https://human-resources-health.biomedcentral.com/articles/10...