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>What am I to give the doctor in exchange for surgery or are doctors just
>expected to do such things free of charge for everyone who asks in
>exchange for nothing?
Not in exchange for anything material, that's right. Because there isn't anything material the doctor can't get free of charge.
> How do we get anyone to undergo the education
>necessary to perform surgery?
How is it done now do you imagine? Hold the threat of starvation over their heads and they immediately determine to forgo any income for several years in the hope of successfully negotiating the education minefield. Yeah, I see what you mean, that's a really great system for selecting and motivating those who you would entrust your life and health. Hard to imagine anything could be an improvement on that.
> Who makes their equipment and how does the
>doctor acquire it?
Same as now. We're only discussing a different means of motivating the producers here, not replacing them with aliens from another planet. At least that's what I thought was the question.
>How do we know how many doctors we need?
We can't be sure exactly how many, just as we can't be sure now.
Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas