Are they practicing a noble profession or is it just another job? — Wallows
So, what are your thoughts about people in the medical field? Are they practicing a noble profession or is it just another job? — Wallows
Really? More honorable than a commercial airline pilot that holds the lives of up to 500 people in her hands as she brings a plane in to land? More honorable than the biologist that develops a new antibiotic for resistant bacteria, that will save millions of lives? More honorable than the politician that puts their career on the line to try to abolish slavery. More honorable than the engineer that ensures that the bridge that has several hundred people crossing it at any point in time will not collapse? More honorable than the the police officer that puts her life on the line to stop a white supremacist that is driving their car into people near a mosque?The reason I post this is that it seems to me that the most honorable profession one can have is being a doctor or surgeon. — Wallows
This is painting with a very broad brush. Doctors' professional lives and compensation vary greatly depending upon where they work, which field of medicine they work in, their patient population, and myriad other factors (never mind the usual stressors which go along with nearly any job). And practicing medicine comes with wrangling with insurance companies, and paperwork, paperwork, and more paperwork, which is hardly a gratifying task for most people.Being a doctor is a great job, and a very rewarding profession. — andrewk
They say the medical profession has the highest rates of suicide. — TheMadFool
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