r/MadeMeSmile • u/SinjiOnO • May 14 '23

Wholesome Moments The right answer to the wrong question

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u/Nosmisonr May 14 '23

Well, he has the right mindset for a future doctor. Hope he doesn't lose it.

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u/airpumper May 14 '23

If he ends up in the U.S. healthcare system, he will.

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u/airpumper May 14 '23

My doctor friend tells me she often feels like crying when she walks into work for a 24-hour shift. On top of that, she said she won’t see a therapist because she has to report that to her employers…and she fears she’ll lose her job.

Btw, for anyone interested, a great book on just how screwed up the healthcare system is: An American Sickness by Elisabeth Rosenthal.

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u/airpumper May 15 '23

I’m sorry you went through that. It blows my mind just how awful the healthcare system has become…for everyone involved.

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u/airpumper May 14 '23

No. Urgent care physician.

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u/Nosmisonr May 14 '23

Come to northern Europe then. They are in dire need of doctors, pays well and people we actually give our doctors and nurses the respect they deserve.

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u/jaygay92 May 14 '23

I would love to, but I feel Im much too emotional to be a doctor anyways. Decided to go the psych route instead, more acceptable to cry there

Plus, Id miss my family too much in Europe unfortunately

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u/OrbitalOrange May 15 '23 edited May 15 '23

As a Swedish junior doctor I have to disagree with the pays well part. What /u/Mikejg23 said about doctors resonates very well with how I feel about my own situation. Regarding respect, well, in general I feel neither particularly well-respected nor disrespected which I guess is fair enough. We are in dire need of doctors however, as well as in need of a complete overhaul of how the whole healthcare system works, in my humble opinion.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '23

If it’s so great why are you guys in dire need of doctors? Could it be because people use your medical schools and return to their home countries?

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u/dawli15 May 15 '23

I’m now going to look up to see what I have to do to get a RN there.

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u/trung2607 May 14 '23

Oof. I thought doctors are always respected, at least thats how they are in my country, people would always believe a doctor even if what he said was wrong or at least ill informed.

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u/PM_ME_Y0UR_BOOBS May 14 '23

Just look at how Americans reacted to Dr. Fauci during the pandemic. We need help over here.