Do Doctors Do Pro Bono Work?
Most Physicians Feel Obligated to Do It. the Pro Bono Work They Do Amounts to About 150 Hours of Care Annually per Physician -- Around $11 Billion Worth of...
Most physicians feel obligated to do it. The pro bono work they do amounts to about 150 hours of care annually per physician -- around $11 billion worth of unpaid care each year. But doctors don't keep track of this work and just accept it as part of the professional service for which they were trained.
What is it called when a hospital does a surgery for free?
It's called the SPIN program – Surgery for People In Need. The doctors work on Sundays for free, while the facilities and diagnostics are donated by the Medical Center of Central Georgia.
Does pro bono mean free?
The term "pro bono," which is short for pro bono publico, is a Latin term that means "for the public good." Although the term is used in different contexts to mean “the offering of free services,” it has a very specific meaning to those in the legal profession.
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