anesthesiology

Does this mean something like anesthesiology is also not 'professional?' Or why is podiatry singled out but not the others?

This isn't the end of anesthesiology by any means.

The doctor named in the article seems to be[0] the head of the Department of Anesthesiology at Limburg hospital.

Not always; ask any hospital if their anesthesiology department operates at a loss.

There is indeed a science of consciousness, such as with anesthesiology or pharmacology.

Certain nursing specialties (such as anesthesiology) are also very well compensated, often above GP physician levels, though these specialties do require a lot of training.

Some specialties like anesthesiology and psychiatry are usually not in network.

There are a lot of other options than just med school, tbh you can make as much money with way less schooling as an anesthesiology assistant.

However do not underestimate how hard anesthesiology is, while 90% routine, 10% is incredibly complex stressfull scenarios in trauma/emergency, surgical complications, adverse events.

Politics is many orders of magnitude more complex than both germ theory and anesthesiology, and yet people somehow feel they need to study it systematically even less.

I was struck by how relevant his points of failure were to the practice of anesthesiology, the concept of the danger of tight coupling.

Full disclosure: I stole it from a disgruntled anesthesiology resident c.

Anesthesiology is a specialization you can choose after finishing MD in "generic" medicine.

The breakdown in cost is: Surgeon charge: 7,043 Facility charge: 10,200 Anesthesiology: 1,000 Now, the surgeon is very good at what he does and I feel he certainly deserves that $7000.