It's purely a matter of numbers. It doesn't have anything to do with whether we have something different to say at the table. We're every bit as individualistic as men. So my perspective, my viewpoint, my goals may be as different from any other woman's as they are from any man's. The attacks on physicians by regulatory agencies show a need for professionalism, she said.
Rapid change is difficult for anybody.
Rapid change for people already running at a fairly good pace is even more difficult. And every time you turn around and have everybody from the district attorney to the inspector general calling you a criminal, it gets extraordinarily disheartening. We are a respectable profession that has always set incredibly high standards for itself. And right now we're feeling very much like there's a full circle of people with baseball bats taking swings at us. Physicians are being pressured from an economic perspective.