Re: Outsourcing legal work to India?

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Sigh. I consider myself to be middle class to start with. I sure
hope your prediction is wrong. As for the importing of nurses,
yes, you're right, I've seen it first hand, but it's nothing new.
During the nursing shortage in the early 80's probably 20% (just
my guestimate from personal experience) of the nurses in some
areas of the country were foreign. The communication gap was
horrible. It's much the same now in some places. Some of the
imported nurses don't understand English enough to even respond to
patients' questions! But on the other hand, with the current
nursing shortage what else can you do? Hospitals must be
desparate to risk the liability of a lawsuit when the foreign
nurse messes up. A friend in Ireland said not long ago they are
so desparate for nurses they're importing from everywhere too and
paying huge bonuses and benefits.
Maybe not bankruptcy, maybe nursing. :)