Haha - I know, but still. The story of Philip Semmelweiss still blows my mind. How he knew what was causing puerperal fever in new mothers (as in, caused by the doctor) and was totally scorned for the VERY IDEA that doctors could be causing harm. How many mothers died? Infants left without mothers and families left destabilized because doctors literally thought they could do no wrong?
I was once in the position to train doctors. It breaks down that 30% truly have a calling. 65% or so are doing it for the paycheck and lifestyle. The other 5 percent or so are effing narcissists and psychopaths. Make of that what one will.
And 100 years later (yes, I know, DA is fictional), doctors' hubris is still killing people.
Haha - I know, but still. The story of Philip Semmelweiss still blows my mind. How he knew what was causing puerperal fever in new mothers (as in, caused by the doctor) and was totally scorned for the VERY IDEA that doctors could be causing harm. How many mothers died? Infants left without mothers and families left destabilized because doctors literally thought they could do no wrong?
I was once in the position to train doctors. It breaks down that 30% truly have a calling. 65% or so are doing it for the paycheck and lifestyle. The other 5 percent or so are effing narcissists and psychopaths. Make of that what one will.