<p>In this forum it's ridiculous how someone is put down for asking the salary of a radiologist. I am both upset and angry at how some people think doctors are simply money hungry individuals when it is not true in most cases. Medicine is the only stable field throughout all economic hard times, pays extremely well, is the most prestigious career in the country, and brings lots of job satisfaction. People keep promoting buiness, but those are the real money hungry ones. I am just sick of people saying medicine is not the way to go. When you need a pacemaker or transplant, just tell me the same thing. Anyone who wants to be a doctor should put everything they have into their career and success will follow.</p>
<p>(I know I posted this in college discussion forum)</p>
<p>Yes, but I think law is highly regarded and a very popular profession at this time. The point I was making is that people are beginning to look down on those entering medicine. I am not sure if the same is true for law.</p>
<p>Ignore people like that indy787. At this stage, most high school students are overly altruistic. I am sure they will lose it once they are exposed to the real world. Asking what type of salary you can expect in any profession is an acceptable question.</p>
<p>Fake altruism. Yeah, you do find that among some high schoolers, don't you? In some of my classes, I would swear aloud and get dirty looks from people. I'm not a bad guy, really. I'm a softy at heart. And I'm a vegetarian.</p>
<p>Anyway, medicine should be MUCH more highly regarded than the law, or any profession for that matter. It's the noble profession.</p>
<p>It is a noble profession, but unfortunately due to the increasing power of insurance companies regarding medical care, many (most) medical institutions in this country are quite dehumanizing and run a lot like assembly lines, and I think that's where a lot of the backlash comes from. </p>
<p>I think a lot of the young people on this board who want to become doctors just to "help people" are going to be very unpleasantly surprised when they discover just how hard that can be much of the time within our current framework.</p>
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<p>and then...</p>
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<p>not once was helping those in distress/alleviating pain mentioned in the OP's reasons for choosing medicene....so people please dont go on and on about how "noble" a doctor is. </p>
<p>doctors are just as important to society as our lawyers, economists and plumbers...</p>
<p>that said, if people are becoming doctors just for the $$, so what? money makes the world go round.....</p>
<p>People will always need doctors. They put in long hours, years of training and people still have the audacity to insult them. It sickens me. They are highly skilled proffesionals who should be given more gratitude for the efforts they put in every day.</p>
<p>This may be off topic as I don't know what incident you guys are talkign about, but:</p>
<p>Doctors arguably put in the most time of all professions in education and training and many(not all) work crazy unthinkable hours. I think it's disgusting how insurance, and suit-happy "patients" are ruining the trade. I mean, is this the kind of thanks doctors get for their hard work and all the time they put in? </p>
<p>And what's wrong with high schoolers, and even pre-meds being altruistic even if their altruism disappears once they reach med school? I certaintly would hope at least some of their altruism carries over into practice. Who would want a physician whose sole purpose is to earn money? BTW, many types of physicians do not making the huge numbers everyone always pictures. It's usually surgeons who make those amounts and even then, it is not always as much as everyone thinks.</p>
<p>sure, no ones robbing doctors of their thunder.... but what i HATe is when other professions are put down as compared to doctors (example- "oh doctors are the greatest.." blah blah) you think a doctor is important because he/she has your life in his/her hands? well here's news for you- so does an engineer. if an engineer makes a crappy car, its your life thats in danger when the breaks fail and you run off the cliff. its just that a doctors work is more dramatic than others...</p>
<p>Oh, sorry like I said I wasn't really sure what you guys were talking about.</p>
<p>Of course all professions are important and necessary in order to allow us to live the life we do today. Everyone from the fastfood worker to the CEO of whatever are all important. </p>
<p>It just irks me when people try or just do make it seem 6+ years of training after undergrad + for some lines of medical practices immense pressure and crazy hours seem...iono unimportant almost. </p>
<p>I do agree that every profession, including engineers, are important. But you have to admit that most do not go through the...'intenseness' for my lack of a larger vocabulary that doctors do.</p>
<p>I don't look down on those entering medicine, but since most of us are in HS, it's hard for me to take it really seriously. Until you've put in the time, I have a hard time believing everyone who says they'll be a doctor, ultimately will be.</p>
And what's wrong with high schoolers, and even pre-meds being altruistic even if their altruism disappears once they reach med school? I certaintly would hope at least some of their altruism carries over into practice. Who would want a physician whose sole purpose is to earn money? BTW, many types of physicians do not making the huge numbers everyone always pictures. It's usually surgeons who make those amounts and even then, it is not always as much as everyone thinks.
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<p>There is nothing wrong with being altruistic as long as an individual has some grasp on reality--something many high schoolers seem to lack. </p>
<p>Many high schoolers (not all, just many) who exhibit an abundance of altruism tend to demonize another individual who voices an opinion or ask a simple question, such as the salary of a doctor. Some of these altruistic high schoolers perceive this individual as "inhumane and driven only by monetary value". Being altruistic is fine, but when a person starts passing judgement, then there is a problem.</p>
<p>The fact of the matter is that young people-including myself--have "ran our mouth" about things we have no clue about</p>
<p>Many high schoolers are all about the money and presitge when it comes to medicine. Sure it pays well, sure it prestigious, but heres the thing, don't talk about it. Go up to any doctor and ask them how much they make they will have a look of shock this is not something they discuss. Most people who say they "will be doctors" end up not being a doctor. The many people who bring down these people who post here are diehard competitors. When you look at how hard it is to get into med school, of course people are going to discourage others so that they themselves will have an easier time. Thats the point of pre-med. I can name tons of people who I started high school with who were bent on medicine but changed their minds because they realized it takes 100 hour work weeks and minimal pay during residency. And then mediorce pay for the hours in an actual practice.</p>
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<p>Oh please. Physicians are automatically more noble than public defenders or district attorneys? Police officers? High school teachers? Must be a nice perk that "the" noble profession happens to make a lot more money than all of those.</p>
<p>While medicine is highly regarded profession, to belittle other noble professions--teachers, police officers, and firefighters---is asinine.</p>
<p>For example, where would these doctors be without teachers? Nowhere</p>
<p>The fact of the matter is while many claim to want to pursue medicine strictly because it is noble, the monetary aspect only makes the profession more appealing on the surface.</p>
<p>There is nothing wrong with that, but I am tired of people not admitting that there are other motivations. At least, be honest with yourself.</p>