Medicine is an interesting field, I think a huge issue for many is graduating from school with a mountain of debt, and then trying to practice in the current environment.
There are alternatives to satisfying work in the current practice environment -- cosmetic plastic surgery and corrective eye surgery aren't covered by many insurance plans, and there is concierge medicine/direct primary care.
I wouldn't advise anyone with the desire and talent to not go into medicine, I'd just advise doing so with caution and doing so debt-free. I am skeptical of that 9 out of 10 number.
I would.......considering what my nephew went thru and the years of training to become a certified Harvard trained Thorasic Surgeon, he should have become an electrician............
He would have had almost 20 years of experiencing life, making good money and having fun while raising a family...
It wasn't until about 4 years ago, at the age of 38, when he finished up his Harvard fellowship at Mass. General in Boston and was able to finally come home and take on a permanent job as a thorasic surgeon with the Beaumont Hospital group.
That was all fine and good but he's working 6 days a week with sometimes 16 hours a day in surgery and on call when he's not working........That's not a life I would want............