The basic thing with adventure medicine or extreme medicine is that you are going to places where humans don't belong and people will certainly get into trouble.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You can't call it an adventure unless it's tinged with danger. The greatest danger in life, though, is not taking the adventure at all. To have the objective of a life of ease is death. I think we've all got to go after our own Everest.
Adventure is just bad planning.
Medicine is a very tough thing. I mean, everyone is going to die. Sooner or later. That's a tough thing to face.
Alternative medicine plays into this exaggerated notion that you can prevent disease simply by doing the right thing.
If you want to get out of medicine the fullest enjoyment, be students all your lives.
Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
I think risk-taking is a great adventure. And life should be full of adventures.
As I've met clinicians in my travels, time after time I've been inspired to hear why people went into medicine: to apply their way-above-average minds (and hearts) to work that's beyond most people's capacity, and perhaps save a few lives.
For there is a price ticket on everything that puts a whizz into life, and adventure follows the rule. It's distressing, but there you are.
To my mind, an adventure is something a person willingly undertakes.