Providers (was: well-endowed)

[Ed Keer]

In the stuff I write, which is for pharmaceutical cos.
and managed care orgs., it's usually a directive from
the legal department. I think they want to cover all
bases, since physician assistants can write
prescriptions. Also, when I'm writing things
specifically for diabetics, they tend to see more than
one doctor and whole team of other "professionals".

Ed


--- "Peter A. McGraw" <pmcgraw at LINFIELD.EDU> wrote:
> (Or should I say, "were: well-endowed"?)
>
> "Provider" is one of those words I'm sick and tired
> of hearing, and I'll be
> glad when they go on to the next fad and this one
> becomes "SO early 2000s."
> I guess one reason it irks me is that I don't
> understand the motivation for
> it.  Is it being pushed by companies like Kaiser,
> whose strategy is to keep
> you away from an M.D. for as long as possible, so
> they want to promote the
> idea that "physician's assistants," etc., can help
> you just as well as an
> M.D. because they're both "providers"?  Or by the
> trade associations of
> "providers" who aren't M.D.s?  Can someone enlighten
> me?
>
> Peter Mc.
>
> (Who, when he's sick, wants to see a "doctor,"
> dammit!)
>
> --On Thursday, May 26, 2005 2:18 PM -0700 Ed Keer
> <edkeer at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Larry, I just spent a half hour turning all
> the
> > "doctors" in a heart brochure I'm writing into
> > "healthcare providers". Fun!
>
>
>
>
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> Peter A. McGraw       Linfield College
> McMinnville, Oregon
> ******************* pmcgraw at linfield.edu
> ************************
>



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