I think doctors have always understood that there needs to be cover. If one is working where there is someone with whom one can share the load, there is that ability to take a bit of personal time away from the practice and R and R, which is not available to a solo practitioner. This is not new in medical practice. I think we have been pretty good over the years in understanding how to share coverage with each other.
What I think has changed, and Dr. Gartke alluded to this, is the fact that it's more okay to take a little more time for ourselves than it used to be. The 60-hour weeks are disappearing; we're down to 48-hour, 49-hour weeks.