I just wanted to be a doctor

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BMJ 2006;333:359 (12 August), doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7563.359

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I just wanted to be a doctor

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When I decided at the ripe old age of 26 that I had had enoughof waitressing, bar jobs, doing arts degrees just because theysounded fun, and teaching English as a foreign language, I thoughtmaybe I was finally ready to make a proper career choice. Maybe,just maybe, the time had come to put away childish things. Iwent for coffee with a friend. She asked one pertinent question.What would you do if you could do anything you liked? Regardlessof time, money, peer pressure, parental pressure, qualifications,intellectual, or physical capacity... what would you do if youcould do anything? I pondered for quite some time. There wereso many things I wanted to encompass. I wanted to do somethinggood. Something that was worth doing. Something that was interesting.A good laugh. Something that gave me a sense of self respect.Something that made . . . [Full text of this article]

Tara Hunt, senior house officer in intensive care

Frenchay Hospital, Bristol tarparapa@hotmail.com

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