Doctors doing their best

As an experienced, dedicated and highly qualified GP who regularly conducts home visits and cares for a high number of elderly and chronically ill people, bulk-billed out of necessity despite paltry Medicare rebates, I am offended by relentless doctor-bashing in the media. The substance of Andrew Denton’s article correctly addresses the Christian right’s attempts to stifle patient choice, but the breakout quote, unrelated, and in fact contradictory to most of the story, is the usual boring portrayal of doctors as paternalistic and power-hungry. Why not add wealthy, greedy and unethical just for the heck of it?