We think of doctors as healers because that’s the traditional role they grew out of. But with the institutionalization of medicine in the 20th century, they became accessory bureaucrats. Their job is to approve or deny access to institutional services, per institutional policy, and they go through many years of learning how to do that. Their pay is scaled with the cost of the institutional services they safeguard, those costs in some markets being obscene and arguably corrupt.
But people still need genuine healers for everyday ills, and so we see the institution move towards restoring that role to those with a less critical role in the institution, like nurses, pharmacists, physical therapists, etc
But people still need genuine healers for everyday ills, and so we see the institution move towards restoring that role to those with a less critical role in the institution, like nurses, pharmacists, physical therapists, etc