Not a professional, but...... - Healthcare Professionals Message Board

slaughter17 · 03-11-2003, 11:01 PM

Hello. I am some what new to this forum. I am not a doctor, or even YET in that field. I do very much wish to pursue my career in the medical field, once life my obsticles have calmed. I do believe that doctors these days have lost the true reason of practicing medicine. It's to make people better. To listen to the patient and completly understand where they are coming from. I have so frequently run into the "happy pill doctor." The kind of doctor who just pretentds to know what is going on, and not really understanding or listening to the situation. Then to only prescribe meds. I want to feel that when I go to a doctor I can fully trust what they are telling me will actually help me. I don't go see a doctor to just get a medication. I wish that more doctors would really try to help people. Find out their history before making thier egotistical assumptions. They rely too much on what insurance they have or if they have a HMO. I wish that it didn't have to be that way. I have realized that money is the only factor in this world. This is when it really starts to show how much money means to society. (medically speaking) millions of people die because of it.
I truly believe, their are WAY too many medications out there that pose a threat to humans. And why? beacause of money. The drug industry just wants to make a buck. Why do people have to suffer? You may say it's population control. well, that is up to God in my oppinion. He can say when is enough. maybe the glass is getting to full.... thanks for listening.

03-12-2003, 01:27 AM

Tell Utah HI

for me. Born and raised S.L.C.

Sarah68 · 04-02-2003, 07:19 AM

I agree with you totally and I very much hope that you will be great once you qualify as a doctor.

However, I would urge you consider training as an ND rather than an MD. That way, you will have more time for people and will be able to help them in a rather more natural way.

Good luck.

slaughter17 · 04-16-2003, 01:25 PM

Thanks for the advise. I have so much work to do before I can even decide what kind of doctor to be. I was thinking a Physicans Assistant. I dunno, anyway thanks for the support. I hope the drug industry dies down a little in the future. We need more real drugs for people with life threatening diseases. Like ALS, and AIDS and very much with Cancer. There are so many ugly diseases out there that it wouldn't suprise me to find out that these NEW drugs are the cause. Or all the chemicals and preservatives we use trigger some of these horrible things to occur. I feel very impassioned about the medical field and wish to make a difference no matter where I go. Thanks for listening to me once again.

Sarah68 · 04-18-2003, 02:23 AM

If I were you I would not go for a PA, as you cannot really make a difference. As far as I know, PA's do not even have their own licence to practice and everything they do has to be watched over by MD's. Even RN's have their own practice licence.

I would say that if you really want to make a difference train as either an RN, ND or MD and then you really can.