This article doesn't really have to do with doctors and communication, but it still caught my eye. The New York Times ran an article about how the traditional status careers - doctors and lawyers - are no longer considered the highest status careers. There has been a cultural shift in defining career success, one that focuses more on creativity and flexibility. Doctors and lawyers are important, staid careers, but they lack creativity, and are certainly not flexible as both careers demand long hours.
You can find the article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/fashion/06professions.html?ex=1357275600&en=e6188de13887a970&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink.
Medicine and law both have high burnout rates and growing levels of professional dissatisfaction. Though there are plenty of reasons for both, I propose that if you are going to go into these careers for the right reason. If you are going to these careers for status, you will not be satisfied. But if you go into these careers because they are what you love, that passion can sustain you through the most demanding days.
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