• Question: Do you think a doctor is one of the most important professions ?

    Asked by emmaandizzy to Gioia, Iain, Jo, Leo, Mariam on 19 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Gioia Cherubini

      Gioia Cherubini answered on 14 Jun 2010:

      If you consider science as a chain, at the end of it there are medical doctors that give to patients what scientist have discovered much higher up in the chain. I think that they are both indispensable part of the scientific process, but in the middle there are a lot of professions that are as important: research assistant, nurses…

    • Photo: Mariam Orme

      Mariam Orme answered on 14 Jun 2010:

      Certainly doctors are very important, but I think scientists are more important. But then I’m a bit biased! Think of it this way though: without scientists to do research and develop drugs, doctors wouldn’t be able to do their job very well because they’d have nothing to treat patients with!

    • Photo: Joanna Watson

      Joanna Watson answered on 14 Jun 2010:

      Doctors and scientists are both very important, but I think that the people who collect the rubbish bins, clean the streets and work in the sewage plants are the most important of all!

      One of the biggest advances in health has been the availability of clean water and sanitary living conditions. In places where people don’t have clean water, lots of people die when they are very young because of the infections they get from dirty water.

    • Photo: Leo Garcia

      Leo Garcia answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      Certainly – I think doctors perform an important a role in society, just like firemen, policemen etc. I think working as a doctor is something to be hugely proud of.

    • Photo: Iain Moal

      Iain Moal answered on 19 Jun 2010:

      Yes, I do, but I do think there are more important ones, such as dustbin collectors.

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