I'm so surprised that there has only been 1 comment on this piece. How odd.
It occurs to me that both the older doctors (now retired or deceased) and the younger generation get what the baby-boomer MDs do not: that the practice of medicine is a calling, not a business model for accruing personal profit. I recently met a nurse who remembered my father, who graduated from medical school in 1954. She said to me "Oh yes, those were the days when doctors were doctors." Having just had extensive exposure to hospitals and cancer clinics in particular, I must say, I agree.