Jinx wrote:

>> Doctors and lawyers are professions that are heavily "nationalized"
> 
> That's generally very true (and especially in bi-cultural NZ, where
> ethnic considerations are part of the curriculum), but a hostipal is
> trialling this global medical service 
> 
> http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=000B8124-01BA-14F7-B1C583027AF1010F

Since part of the current line of medicine is pretty much dissociated from
the human being (and in that similar to much of engineering), that only
seems logical. The jury is still out how the different national medical
councils will react to that, though. 

OTOH, lawyers have a better protection. For one, laws are much more
nationalized in nature than the human body. For another, they are pretty
heavily involved in law-making... and probably will try to protect their
turf.

Gerhard

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