doctors

Doctors 

Some duties and responsibilities that doctors have are: 

Doctors have many duties toward their patients. Their responsibilities cover their own actions, as well as orders they give to their assistants, such as nurses, medical students and residents. 

In legal terms, doctors have an obligation of means toward their patients, not an obligation of result. This means that they have to take appropriate steps available to make the right diagnosis, provide treatment and follow-up on their patients' progress. Doctors must base their actions on up-to-date scientific information and use recognized treatments in the right way.  

They must treat their patients attentively and conscientiously. 

Doctors must recognize their own limits: in case of doubt, they must get information from other people or refer patients to specialists.  

The duty to treat patients includes the duty to 

• prescribe the right medication, 
• tell patients about the advantages, disadvantages, risks and alternatives regarding a proposed treatment or operation, and 
• Provide adequate follow-up to the patient within a reasonable amount of time. 

For example, after a treatment, a doctor must provide the medical follow-up required by the patient's state of health, or at least make sure that a colleague or other professional follows up.  

Salary: $472,000 

Education and demands for this career are: 

The requirements for becoming a doctor in the U.S. may vary by specialty. In general, doctors complete a 4-year undergraduate degree program, spend four years in medical school and then complete 3-7 years of residency training, before they are eligible for medical licensing. 

 

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not? 

I think that I would and I wouldn’t want to be a doctor. I would because of the super high pay that it has to offer but I wouldn’t because it has way too many years of schooling. It is required at least 3 years which is okay but it can go as high as to 7 years and that’s the problem.