Medicine as a Vocation

The field of medicine, one of the so-called “caring professions,” covers a vast number of specialties and generalities, e.g., general practice (GP or family doctor), emergency medicine (EM), surgery, cardiology, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology etc. The provision is usually government provided, paid for by taxes (UK) or may be privately owned and paid for by health insurance(USA). In GP/EM you care for the patients who present by appointment or as an emergency to your surgery or...