That made me think I could contribute more to society by looking at people on the autopsy table and feeding back the findings so that lots of people could benefit, rather than just treating patients one at a time.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Not much shocked me. You know, I worked in a home for Alzheimer's patients and my dad used to be really into murders and stuff, so I saw dead bodies. It desensitised me to a lot of things.
I suppose, if helping a patient die is killing, I suppose I'm a killer.
Society as a whole is better off when information is available to the public. Whether you are talking about how to prevent disease, or about who does the best job of treating disease, it is useful to provide as much information to the public as possible.
I was fascinated by mortality. Most people are, even if they don't admit it.
I think that people would like to, at all times, reject death and disease with technology.
Modern medical advances have helped millions of people live longer, healthier lives. We owe these improvements to decades of investment in medical research.
With tens of thousands of patients dying every year from preventable medical errors, it is imperative that we embrace available technologies and drastically improve the way medical records are handled and processed.
I loved clinical practice, but in public health, you can impact more than one person at a time. The whole society is your patient.
What patients seek is not scientific knowledge that doctors hide, but existential authenticity each person must find on her own... the angst of facing mortality has no remedy in probability.
I'm trying to knock the medical profession into accepting its responsibilities, and those responsibilities include assisting their patients with death.