There is no doubt that MDs have lost a great deal of public trust. The problem is that greed and arrogance are rampant. Patients need time, attention, personal, professional interest, not interest in money. New stories on medical progress and miracle drugs receive prominent space, but the inevitable side effects and therapeutic failures eventually develop. Rare is the allopath who will.
Patients call doctors, and they refuse to come to the phone.
The public knows of the huge incomes some doctors make from the sick. Most don't begrudge doctors making money, but one half million dollars or more is hard to understand. Helping people is not the only motivation. Patients want caring doctors who care about their lives, about making them healthier, about feeling better, more than just curing. Are we willing to maintain a high level of integrity and stop those among us who are greedy and ruining our relationship with the public.