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>Only in the case of purposeful or willful action or absolute gross negligence or being found unfit for duty (mentally or physically) should someone have their
by ryanlol 11y ago
>Only in the case of purposeful or willful action or absolute gross negligence or being found unfit for duty (mentally or physically) should someone have their life ruined by removing their status/job/career path.
Seriously? Losing your job hardly means that your life is ruined.
- jleader 11y agoSo you're advocating forgiving the educational loans of doctors who lose their license? Or do you leave them massively in debt, without the (relatively) lucrative profession they had assumed would allow them to pay off that debt?
- ryanlol 11y agoI'm not advocating anything. I'm just saying that losing your job/career/whatever doesn't equal a ruined life.
- toomuchtodo 11y ago> So you're advocating forgiving the educational loans of doctors who lose their license? Yes, although the better solution is to subsidize the education of medical providers directly, instead of burdening them with massive loans that take decades to repay. That's an argument for another thread though.
- thebokehwokeh2 11y agoMore than any other occupation, doctors spend a majority of their young adult lives learning about medicine and everything related to it. By removing them of their license to practice that, you've essentially stripped them of their life's purpose.
- ryanlol 11y agoI don't think any of the doctors I've met would consider medicine their life's purpose. Most people seem to have much more mundane goals.
- neurotech1 11y agoThey could still work as a research physician, or work for medical device manufacturer or drug company. If they are really bad at clinical practice, they might get a job on a TV show. Psychologist Dr Phil McGraw [0] stopped practicing after an investigation, and ended up as a talk show host. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_McGraw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_McGraw