[Nursebarb1]

I am a retired RN and my son-in-law is a practicing anesthesiologist at a teaching hospital, so I like to think I have some insight into the problem. Physicians that are emplyed by a corporation are required to see a certain amount of patients in a specified period of time according to their contract. That does not allow time to chit chat about the grandkids. We are all advised to watch our diet, exercise, not smoke and cut the alcohol, get our required immunizations, mammograms, bone density, colonoscopies and prostate screenings. Beyond that, we are on our own until an abnormality appears in our routine lab work or a problem arises, at which point he/she will order additional testing. I don't expect much more from a physician. Marcus Welby when by the way of the HMO.