Doctors on Doctoring — Not a Recommended Profession

The medical malpractice insurer, The Doctors Co. asked doctors about their profession. The answer are — in some ways — disturbing.

• Just 12% will recommend that graduating students and others become doctors
• 77% said their enjoyment of the job has fallen in the last five years
• 54% say misinformation on social media is their biggest treatment challenge
• 62% are concerned about the high cost of health care
• 43% worry about nuclear jury verdicts hitting millions of dollars each

There are some rewards.

• 70% say the most rewarding part of their job is helping patients recover

Of the 338 surveyed, 97% are baby boomers, millennials or Gen Xers. The majority — 56% — are in primary care or internal medicine.

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