I spent the rest of the day with a terrified wife in the doctors office getting prodded, poked, xrayed and monitored.

Would you want a doctor to operate on you if he didnt graduate with his degree from medical school?

The Doctor and his family had to live somewhere else and while the insurance company paid additional living expenses, they were going to be cut off.

Tim McVeigh blowing up Federal buildings; idiots shooting doctors in front of clinics; the Unibomber sending package bombs; government scientists sending anthrax through the mail to Senators and news media; the "D.C. sniper"...

Very few people will spend the necessary time that one needs to be coached and not expect something in return, and asking for something in return isn't a problem.Like Bryan said above, people don't expect their doctor, accountant or attorney to work for free, so why would they expect a mentor to work for free?

Check with your doctor for Viagra, if it works for more than four hours, call everyone know!

Same goes for doctors, nurses, etc...

That doesn't seem to be our country right now.McKinssey did a study on doctors and why they are compensated so high several years ago.

Can you go to see a doctor and only pay them a fee if your cancer is cured?

(they might argue over who pays for it, but I don't think they'd argue that it's common decency to provide care for those who need it)And certainly all doctors (who live by the Hippocratic Oath) disagree...But I completely understand that there are people in this world who don't care about other's health and well-being, and that's their right...