BMJ  2007;334:904 (28 April), doi:10.1136/bmj.39195.486875.59

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Medicine: more than a career for my daughter

Des Spence, general practitioner, Glasgow

destwo@yahoo.co.uk

The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.

Medicine is boring. I gaze through the wire mesh window into the car park with the mis-spelt graffiti painted in white emulsion. Programmes like ER, House, Peak Practice, and Dr Kildare are twaddle. Medicine is humdrum: the same people, the same complaints, the same practised spiels—in my brain mainly there is just an annoying buzzing sound. It's a similar existence for consultants, in their carpet tiled concrete monoliths, but at least they have the respite of an occasional game of table tennis in the mess. The only glamour in medicine is the faded copies of Hello magazine in our waiting rooms. Apparently many doctors would not recommend a medical career. Would I recommend it to my daughter?

The realisation hits us hard—once we have outgrown the stupidity of youth—that we will never cure cancer, that our "intelligence" is merely a product of working like a dog, and . . . [Full text of this article]


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Medicine will always remain a good career choice
Anjum Gandhi
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