Yes, and there are good lawyers out there who can be trusted too... :-) I even know a couple.

I have maintained excellent health into my early 50's by not smoking, not taking drugs, and not drinking...and by seeing doctors as SELDOM as possible. I have found them useful when I needed a prescription for a specific drug, as in the case of eye drops to cure a minor eye infection. I also found them useful when I had a moped accident in Bermuda once, and needed to be patched up. They'd make excellent auto mechanics, I'm sure.

I have experienced depression on a number of occasions, for obvious existential reasons (like being out of work, being stuck in a romantic relationship that wasn't working, having a job I hated, etc...). The doctors were quick to suggest various drug remedies for this...none of which worked AT ALL, in any positive sense...but BOY THEY SURE WERE EXPENSIVE! What DID work was: finding work, ending the relationship and moving on, quitting the job and finding something more agreeable to do...

Well, DUH! Maybe the doctor should be made to take all those drugs he is foisting on others...and see what interesting effects it has on him...if he survives.

For another great book, read "Roger's Recovery From Aids", also written by an MD who has become thoroughly disillusioned with the AMA.

As an organization, the AMA bears more than a passing resemblance to the corrupt and self-serving Musician's Union...they protect their own turf jealously, to the detriment of almost everyone (including most of the membership), and it's ALL about money.

- LH