Why Be a Doctor?

1. Because you get to see everyone in those funny, backless gowns (this is also the number one reason why it's not good to be a doctor).

2. Because you can park your car on the sidewalk [or speed] without getting a ticket. [as a cop, I tried to give a OB/Gyn going to deliver a baby a ticket...LOL]

3. Because it's the best excuse for illegible handwriting.

4. Because there's no beat like a heartbeat. It's easy to dance to.

5. Because after working with patients you realize that you are not as neurotic as you thought you might have been.

6. Because you get to meet so many interesting people. For example, lawyers and lawyers and lawyers…[nurse reviewers, medical board investigators, hospital administrators,...]

7. Because lots of people are dying to see you.

8. Because you can put your entire family on Valium.

9. Because even if no one sends you a Christmas present, the pharmaceutical companies certainly will [if you like coffee mugs, pens and sticky notes].

10. Because the market is always booming. Even if we were eventually to run out of diseases, we could still rely on traffic, [skydiving, snake handlers, lawn mowers and firearms].

*Mostly excerpted from Mangione: Physical Diagnosis Secrets, 2nd Edition 2008