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<blockquote data-quote="nagareboshi" data-source="post: 1478405" data-attributes="member: 20216">Can't believe I forgot to mention this, my bad for the double post. Another aspect is that I've never, ever seen once in my life a doctor who said &quot;I went into medicine because I want to help people.&quot; It has literally never happened, and this is despite the fact that I've personally met so many pre-medical students in high school and college. They don't even pretend to enjoy the telos of their profession. The reason without fail is &quot;I want to make money&quot; or &quot;my family forced me to.&quot; It may not be their personal sin but it definitely reflects the problems with this society and its medical system.Look at an electrical engineer, coffeeshop writer, or a punk musician, they go into their craft because of pure love for the profession. Now look at the medical industry, responsible for taking care of the boundaries of life and death to the maximal extent possible on earth. What do you see?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nagareboshi, post: 1478405, member: 20216"] Can't believe I forgot to mention this, my bad for the double post. Another aspect is that I've [B]never, ever seen once[/B] in my life a doctor who said "I went into medicine because I want to help people." It has literally never happened, and this is despite the fact that I've personally met so many pre-medical students in high school and college. They don't even pretend to enjoy the telos of their profession. The reason without fail is "I want to make money" or "my family forced me to." It may not be their personal sin but it definitely reflects the problems with this society and its medical system. Look at an electrical engineer, coffeeshop writer, or a punk musician, they go into their craft because of pure love for the profession. Now look at the medical industry, responsible for taking care of the boundaries of life and death to the maximal extent possible on earth. What do you see? [/QUOTE]

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