August 1, 2009

• Selling

  Sales people scare me; sales people of all sorts.  When shopping (literally and metaphorically), I like to shop alone unfettered by salespeople unless I approach them for help/suggestions.  So, essentially I like making my own decisions on most things without being biased.  It depends a lot on the salesperson though also.  Things like sincerity can be gauged, so it isn't hard to tell if the person is giving valuable input or if they're just trying to sell things.  I get extremely paranoid & guarded when approached like so.  Though I'm otherwise a trusting person.

  So basically that spiel (ohh, a little irony in the use of that word, see definition 1) can be applied to things like religion, new ideologies, etc.

  Something I highly do not approve of is the involvement of sales in medicine.  Doctors (etc.) should be paid by a fixed salary.  However, I have heard from my father that many of the fellow dentists here create goals on things like the number of fillings, root canals, (etc.) that should be completed in a month, and bonuses for extra done.  You can imagine that expensive procedures might be done when they are not yet necessary (which as prevention is fine, but there are times when things aren't necessary).  I'm proud that my dad is a dentist and not a buisnessman. 
  
  This has also been an issue in non-dental medicine.  Since it is more profitable, many clinics (etc.) also act similarly.  There are some adverse implications to this such as less time/attention per patient (more patients=more money; more procedures {whether necessary or not}=more money; more days in the hospital wings=more money, etc.). 

  I hope to be the kind of doctor who will make enough time for patients to explain everything that they wish to know and to offer thorough and multifaceted advice.  Hmm.

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