<p>ilovetexas11111:</p>
<p>You are not quite right there. At the risk of sounding rude, your post is pretty ignorant. Doctors cannot function without pharmacists, nurses, technicians, etc. Period. Even though doctors have to have a broader base of knowledge that covers all of these fields, they cannot possibly know it all or do it all themselves. Nor can they specialize or have the specific skills for all of these fields. All of these people must work together to give the best possible care to a patient. Doctors rely on nurses to do the hands on work (and to catch their mistakes. Yes, it happens a lot), consult pharmacists for medication advice (and pharmacists catch their mistakes. Yes, pharmacists save patients tons of health issues and expenses that a doctor would not have saved them), etc. None of these professionals would have the time to do their jobs if it weren’t for skilled technicians, whose roles in health care are often underplayed if not completely looked over. Doctors are only one piece of it all, albeit a very important one. Your car cannot run with only one piece of the engine, just like you cannot get proper healthcare with only a doctor.</p>