For practitioners who thought they were nearing the end of their clinical career, this new reality is a major disruption, and brings with it much uncertainty.
The most pressing problem is that, for the aging practitioner, time is not on your side. Whether haunted by back and neck pain, or simply just worn down by the headaches of managing staff, insurance, and overhead, the reality of being forced to stay behind the chair due to lack of financial certainty is disheartening.
But recessions are not all bad…