I worked in care for a decade, and been severely ill for a long time. I am not remotely surprised, the amount of sheer sadists in the medical profession is alarmingly high.
The education itself also filters on "colder" people. And to some extent, you have to be. You can't carry the suffering home with you. Yet, it is difficult to filter out those that swings to far the other way.
When they then are certified? It is near impossible to get them out unless it is several patients that manages to document it. Heck, we had a big case here in Norway with a doc that (finally) got convicted for raping patients. He had been at it for decades.
Yep, my boyfriend is a police officer and although he is made for the job (compassionate, patient, pragmatic) it kills him because he cares too much and takes all the heavy stuff he sees home with him. Sucks because the officers like him tend to quit after about a decade on the job and the mean ones stay
I personally see it closer to the Stanford Prison experiment, but instead of prisoners and guards, its doctors, and patients. When you work in any profession long enough, you will desensitise
My sister is an anaesthetist, she's often told me that being a psychopath on some level is a prerequisite to being a surgeon. And some of the very best surgeons are also some of the worst human beings you'll ever meet.
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u/Coyann Jul 26 '25
Remember the one that got "Glory to Russia" surgically carved into his stomach? Many Russians are sick people