Readers respond: Keep doctors with kindness
The recent news about some Providence St. Vincent physicians voting to form a labor union due to stress and burnout highlights an issue that affect...

The recent news about some Providence St. Vincent physicians voting to form a labor union due to stress and burnout highlights an issue that affects doctors in private practice as well. If you have a medical provider you value, please treat them and their staff kindly and express your appreciation, particularly if they have the option to retire, ('Labor unrest spreads in Oregon health care industry; some physicians seek to form union,' July 7). I recently visited a specialist I've been seeing for over 30 years.