The supply may match demand if the supply of doctors weren't limited by the AMA. And I wasn't speaking only of Russia, I was speaking in general and especially

The supply may match demand if the supply of doctors weren't limited by the AMA. And I wasn't speaking only of Russia, I was speaking in general and especially about the U.S. I'm not arguing that we should stop the practice, just offering some legitimate reasons to limit this kind of practice. It is true though, that if more doctors are performing non-health related procedures, there are fewer doctors to do health related issues. The question is: How much should doctors be doing to make people better than normal, or intentionally abnormal versus doing things to make people not abnormal? Plastic surgeons are already limited in what they can do. This article for instance: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2002/mar/11/health.lifeandhealth http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2002/mar/11/health.lifeand... which talks about wings, horns, tails and the like, "If the medical-ethics board allowed it..."