I first entered the healthcare field in 1968. I have worked in facilities from N.Y. to Mexico, with brief periods of time in Dominican Republic, Italy, Greece, and back again, giving me a wonderful experience and exposure to different types of healthcare systems. I have definately seen a lot of change over the past thirty years, most of it good. I am witness to a much different atmosphere now. In my opinion, there is more anger, frustation, disappointment, disillusion, rudeness, apathy, loss of caring, than EVER seen in the entire history of Medicine.
Patients are rude to doctors and nurses.
Doctors are uncaring to patients and nurses. Nurses are apathetic to patients and disrespectful to doctors. And so on. So in tonight's movie, my heart went out to every single participant in one way or another. I don't know what direction all this change will take.