I have no sympathy at all for them. I know one very very well. He lives a lifestyle all but a very few can only dream of. He is perpetually employed and can walk out of one job and get another almost any time anywhere he wants one. He doesn’t work the hours he wants all the time but he works as much or as little as he wants to. Mid 40s... most can only dream of such freedom.
Regulations? We all have them and there are far too many for all of us.
As for status and respect and pillars of the community... all are earned they don’t come with the diploma. From those who are capable much is expected.
As for how well they do. As individual contributors they can be exceptional. As part of a health care team they are usually prima donnas who don’t communicate at all. Without a knowledgeable thinking patient advocate the patient is likely as not to die of his treatment. They just don’t coordinate care.
This article is so much hand wringing and bed wetting.
It is a job. They need to deal with it. It is in fact a very good job. Get on with it our quit. There are three choices... Change it, Accept it or Quit it.
Pretty much what I was saying. It seems to have gone over the heads of more than a few people here. Well done.