Vol. XIII, No. 7Archive > July, 2012

Editor's Page - Money for Nothing

Here's hoping for an end to surgeons profiting from anesthesia.

Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief

If you agree with the Marxist philosophy that you're entitled to a piece of the profits when you control the means of production, then you really can't fault surgeons who own surgical centers for shaking anesthetists down for a cut of their fees.

 
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