Very interesting, indeed!
Any physiatrists or neurologists care to weigh in on the same question? I can see some similarities straight away from a physiatry POV:
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1) Bored to death with inpatient rehab--another stroke, another spinal cord injury, another "grand-mother down."
2) Chained to a rehab unit late in the evening waiting for transfers from "only God knows where."
3) 100's of consecutive hospital consults with exactly the same PT/OT Rx with little or no difference in response or outcome.
4) Prospect of being a "table-setter" for an orthopod or spine surgeon for the rest of my life makes me depressed and suicidal.
5) Lack of appreciation by other services--ie seen solely as a disposition venue.
6) Competition from other disciplines and erosion of the "multidisciplinary team process" for which rehab is famous.
7) Poor reimbursement coupled with a sicker population leaves one feeling as if they are only doing "remedial internal medicine."
8) Perfunctory team conferences and family conferences that really revolve around securing a nursing home placement.
9) Paper work, paper work, paper work, and more paper work.
10) You can't polish a turd....you can only make some people worse or the same.