I dated a med school student for 2 years and hung out with her fellow students throughout. She had a good heart and a handful of others seemed like they were going into medicine to be genuine "healers" and help their fellow man.
But the majority were unquestionably in it for the money only. Five men in the group suckled the teet of their full-time working girlfriend/fiance/wife all through residency, only to later divorce them for a hotter, younger wife within a few years of finally becoming employed.
One of those five was a straight up sociopath who did some of the craziest things I've ever seen/heard of in my life. Drunk frat boys had nothing on this guy. He always just laughed off his insane actions and let everyone around him know that they were too uptight. As far as I'm aware, he's still a practicing MD.
I was in a fraternity for 2 years as well and saw more than my fair share of outrageously idiotic behavior along the way. Many in this group of med students were crazier in every respect.
I never forgot those two years and regularly thought to myself, if these are our future doctors, we're in for big problems in the future. As such, haven't been to a doctor my entire adult life.
And don't get me wrong, I'm quite sure there are plenty of great doctors out there who are kind, caring, compassionate people. I know a few and they seem like good people all around.
But I'm also aware that are some bad apples out there who really couldn't care less about their patient's health and completely lack any sense of compassion or empathy. And perhaps even worse, basic critical thinking skills. Their blind obedience in authority (medical establishment) always causes me to pause and steer clear.
Perhaps those that I knew have mended their ways and grown up. I know I have so it's certainly a possibility. Always remain hopeful!
All that being said, I've found that the best litmus test for any allopathic physician is to get a feel for what they think of alternative, natural therapies and/or finding out what their awareness is of positions counter to their mandated "standard of care". The more they discount alternative therapies and demean counter hypothesis in favor of their petrochemical-pharma fixes, the faster I would run away.
Lastly, I have no doubt that the "system" of educating and training our mainstream physicians is severely broken in every way possible. These med students get overworked and over-stressed for a minimum of 8-years - some of the best years of their lives (22-30). There's no doubt in my mind that this leads to a whole host of psychological issues both during and after this period.
I dated a med school student for 2 years and hung out with her fellow students throughout. She had a good heart and a handful of others seemed like they were going into medicine to be genuine "healers" and help their fellow man.
But the majority were unquestionably in it for the money only. Five men in the group suckled the teet of their full-time working girlfriend/fiance/wife all through residency, only to later divorce them for a hotter, younger wife within a few years of finally becoming employed.
One of those five was a straight up sociopath who did some of the craziest things I've ever seen/heard of in my life. Drunk frat boys had nothing on this guy. He always just laughed off his insane actions and let everyone around him know that they were too uptight. As far as I'm aware, he's still a practicing MD.
I was in a fraternity for 2 years as well and saw more than my fair share of outrageously idiotic behavior along the way. Many in this group of med students were crazier in every respect.
I never forgot those two years and regularly thought to myself, if these are our future doctors, we're in for big problems in the future. As such, haven't been to a doctor my entire adult life.
And don't get me wrong, I'm quite sure there are plenty of great doctors out there who are kind, caring, compassionate people. I know a few and they seem like good people all around.
But I'm also aware that are some bad apples out there who really couldn't care less about their patient's health and completely lack any sense of compassion or empathy. And perhaps even worse, basic critical thinking skills. Their blind obedience in authority (medical establishment) always causes me to pause and steer clear.
Perhaps those that I knew have mended their ways and grown up. I know I have so it's certainly a possibility. Always remain hopeful!
All that being said, I've found that the best litmus test for any allopathic physician is to get a feel for what they think of alternative, natural therapies and/or finding out what their awareness is of positions counter to their mandated "standard of care". The more they discount alternative therapies and demean counter hypothesis in favor of their petrochemical-pharma fixes, the faster I would run away.
Lastly, I have no doubt that the "system" of educating and training our mainstream physicians is severely broken in every way possible. These med students get overworked and over-stressed for a minimum of 8-years - some of the best years of their lives (22-30). There's no doubt in my mind that this leads to a whole host of psychological issues both during and after this period.