Re: We are not the only ones!

George Boyer

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Title:

Re: We are not the only ones!

Creator:

George Boyer

Date:

9/17/2000

Text:

Jim - I suggested 5 - 6 years back that prosthetists should become true
professionals and sell their services, their talent.....not products. George
Boyer.

Jim Rogers, CPO wrote:

> Collegues and Mr. Baracos:
>
> Twenty years ago the issue was: should we let the pharmacists fit corsets?
> Ten years ago it was physical therapists fabricating and fitting direct
> molded orthoses. Historically, we as a profession have not had the leadership
> or the foresight to see that medical technology would soon provide orthotic
> (and soon prosthetic) accessability without the need for fabrication. As a
> consequence, orthotists lost a portion of their scope if you will. Today
> the issue is not different; only the products differ. The

                          

Citation

George Boyer, “Re: We are not the only ones!,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 23, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/215074.