<story><title>The darker side of being a doctor (2017)</title><url>https://drericlevi.substack.com/p/the-darker-side-of-being-a-doctor</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bsdz</author><text>Something I&amp;#x27;ve never quite understood is why, in the UK, we cap the number of medical students per year. I&amp;#x27;ve known very bright people who aspired to be doctors but had their applications turned down only to go on to do phds and become scientists instead. I&amp;#x27;d rather have twice as many doctors who work sensible hours rather than the status quo burn out. Looks like there are calls to change this. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;commonslibrary.parliament.uk&amp;#x2F;research-briefings&amp;#x2F;cbp-9735&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;commonslibrary.parliament.uk&amp;#x2F;research-briefings&amp;#x2F;cbp-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>toldyouso2022</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s the same in the US, Italy, etc
Doctors are a cartel receiving a monopoly from the State. That&amp;#x27;s all there is to it, really</text></comment>
<story><title>The darker side of being a doctor (2017)</title><url>https://drericlevi.substack.com/p/the-darker-side-of-being-a-doctor</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bsdz</author><text>Something I&amp;#x27;ve never quite understood is why, in the UK, we cap the number of medical students per year. I&amp;#x27;ve known very bright people who aspired to be doctors but had their applications turned down only to go on to do phds and become scientists instead. I&amp;#x27;d rather have twice as many doctors who work sensible hours rather than the status quo burn out. Looks like there are calls to change this. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;commonslibrary.parliament.uk&amp;#x2F;research-briefings&amp;#x2F;cbp-9735&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;commonslibrary.parliament.uk&amp;#x2F;research-briefings&amp;#x2F;cbp-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>paxys</author><text>Because doctors&amp;#x27; associations and regulatory bodies (like AAMC in the US) lobby to keep it that way to keep the value of their profession up.</text></comment>