Alan B. Pearce wrote:

>>> Doctors and lawyers are professions that are heavily "nationalized"
> 
> surely this is largely because it is rather hard to see the patient or
> customer from the other side of the world. Both professions rather rely on
> the prime supplier of the service being rather immediate to the required
> service.

Which doesn't really explain the entry hurdles if a physician wants to move
to a different country. One could claim that this is about quality control,
but we all know what exams do to quality... :)

Gerhard

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