tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127918770217083233.post2056834686132544353..comments2011-04-21T03:15:07.091-07:00Comments on The doc's blog.: So you think you're a god?Aibethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16679612946168783751noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127918770217083233.post-53932835677869906312010-12-12T01:42:25.269-08:002010-12-12T01:42:25.269-08:00Lol. Nice take bro. I think we deserve to celebrat...Lol. Nice take bro. I think we deserve to celebrate really. I do like the Torres analogy. Just that we need to change what our motivation is. Our motivation should be to help the patients not to stroke our ego.<br />Torres celebrates when he scores, but for the good of the team at times, he passes the ball to somebody in a better position to score. If Torres' motivation is just to score all the goals, then he'd miss a lot of chances and that might not be good for the team in the end.<br />That said, I am over the top when I clinch the diagnosis or save a patient, but I also think that at times the patient would die anyway even if I had done everything right. So it's not totally about me.<br />Thank you for the insight sir!Aibethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16679612946168783751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127918770217083233.post-69219293390349275562010-12-11T14:32:21.023-08:002010-12-11T14:32:21.023-08:00Well, I think the God complex debate is a natural ...Well, I think the God complex debate is a natural consequence of our parochial and oftentimes selfish perspectives, depending on which side of the claim/accusation divide we find ourselves. Let's face it, nothing is more God-like than liberating a human life from the throe of disease and imminent demise knowing fully well that no other person but a doctor is equipped to do just that. At the same time, since we are dealing with lives here, neutrals are always quick to argue that patients deserve 'respect'... for it is their bodies we are talking about here. With that I agree, just that no matter how much we pretend, the practice of medicine is still a job. No one should rob the doctor the thrill of having clinched a diagnosis or saving the life of the child with a seemingly simple manoeuvre. Just like no one should rob the banker the thrill of discovering a million dollar customer or the lawyer the thrill of putting his paedophile client back on the street. It's like asking Torres not to celebrate when he scores... But for doctors, the rules are different, right? That's not fair, methinks....oneopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10309582666486722435noreply@blogger.com