Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site uwmacc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!cord!hudson!bentley!hoxna!houxm!mhuxr!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!susie From: susie@uwmacc.UUCP (sue brunkow) Newsgroups: net.college,net.med Subject: Re: Hacker and Pre-Med Analogy Message-ID: <591@uwmacc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 21-Dec-84 22:05:44 EST Article-I.D.: uwmacc.591 Posted: Fri Dec 21 22:05:44 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 23-Dec-84 00:46:06 EST References: <3138@utah-cs.UUCP> <521@sdcsvax.UUCP> <557@uwmacc.UUCP> <1019@aecom.UUCP> Reply-To: susie@uwmacc.UUCP (sue brunkow) Organization: UWisconsin-Madison Academic Comp Center Lines: 15 Xref: watmath net.college:572 net.med:1165 Summary: In article <1019@aecom.UUCP> werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner) writes: >2) Would you rather have a doctor who compassionately holds your hand >as you expire, or who rudely cures you with a shot of the latest antibiotic? > But why can't you be BOTH compassionate and effective? My point was that there are a lot of people with the ability to do both, and by selecting on the basis of grades, you're likely to end up with doctors who effective but not compassionate, and a lot of patientswho mis-trust doctors. Sue Brunkow Univ. of Wisconsin {allegra,seismo,ihnp4}!uwvax!uwmacc!susie