This is the nature of the medical system in North America, and some other advanced nations. Also, you're not just being blunt, you're being both ignorant and arrogant.
GP's wife isn't being forced into this profession and they are making a lot of money from it. Do we need to offer sympathy for all people with difficult working conditions regardless of the remuneration?
I doubt her spouse makes her be a doctor. Most people who go through premed and medical school are pretty dedicated and driven on their own. This is a corporate vs labor issue, and likely not a domestic issue. I’m sure he dislikes it greatly, too.
Imagine doing your best to help someone and they die as a direct result.
Then you get to go to work and deal with the next case.
Or the patient has life changing, negative outcomes. Damn, that bad. Next case.
Living in that mental state takes a pretty unusual character type. We can expect some extreme behaviour.
It’s also interesting watching the change over time. The trainee versus consultant, or the surgeon as they near retirement.
I’m not a surgeon or a doctor and so I see a small part of their world but see some of the perks (they get everything) and some of the downsides, and there are a lot.
This is the nature of the medical system in North America, and some other advanced nations. Also, you're not just being blunt, you're being both ignorant and arrogant.
GP's wife isn't being forced into this profession and they are making a lot of money from it. Do we need to offer sympathy for all people with difficult working conditions regardless of the remuneration?
If OP feels the same way, I offer my heartfelt apologies.
I don't think what I said would come across this negatively in person though, but okay..
Who said she was forced, and why the personal attack?
> still has to work 24 hour shifts with no sleep
Reads like being more or less forced to me, it doesn't to you?
> and why the personal attack?
Not at all my intention! It's a genuine question, which I would ask myself too were I in OP's shoes
I doubt her spouse makes her be a doctor. Most people who go through premed and medical school are pretty dedicated and driven on their own. This is a corporate vs labor issue, and likely not a domestic issue. I’m sure he dislikes it greatly, too.
It's not so much "forced", as "given an offer they can't refuse".
A surgeon is going to make more than an SWE. Also, surgeons are famously unhappy with anyone questioning any of their decisions.
It’s an interesting paradox.
Imagine doing your best to help someone and they die as a direct result.
Then you get to go to work and deal with the next case.
Or the patient has life changing, negative outcomes. Damn, that bad. Next case.
Living in that mental state takes a pretty unusual character type. We can expect some extreme behaviour.
It’s also interesting watching the change over time. The trainee versus consultant, or the surgeon as they near retirement.
I’m not a surgeon or a doctor and so I see a small part of their world but see some of the perks (they get everything) and some of the downsides, and there are a lot.