Studies have suggested that more doctors than ever do not recommend the profession to their children. With all the interference from insurance companies and government, doctors are frustrated and the future of the profession does not bode well.
Brian Carty recounts an encounter with a prospective medical student, and emphasizes that those considering this career better not do it for the money (via The Happy Hospitalist):
When I was applying to medical school, I remember how hurt and indignant I felt whenever anyone suggested that there were other desirable careers besides medicine. This is an obvious truth, but such comments were mainly meant to comfort people who weren’t accepted to medical school. However, in the 70s, it would never have occurred to anyone that medicine might not be a well paid career. I hope it occurs to people now.
