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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We need more geriatricians.

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You won't get them. My friend's dad worked in the field for many years and saw the changes. He would not advise anyone go into the field even though he was beloved. You have more people living to get dementia-mean, combative dementia who want to age at home and not comply with meds. Often you now need policies to make it clear to these patients they are not allowed to be abusive to staff or they will be asked to leave and possibly released as patients. Then you have more families, uninvolved families, who then feel free to sue and blame hoping to make some money off of something that cannot be blamed on the doctor..hoping the doctor will settle to avoid a prolonged suit. It just takes one lawyer willing to take even a frivolous case and there are lawyers who make their nest egg suing nursing homes and any doctors working with the elderly. Plus, the pay doesn't make it worth it. At least in pediatrics you get some adorable kids and babies and in internal medicine with young adults and middle age you get people who can advocate for themselves clearly and you are less likely to deal with extreme behaviors.[/quote]

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