article_snippet.sent: Years ago, when I told my father — a doctor from a long line of doctors
article_snippet.sent: — that I didn't want to follow in my father footsteps
article_snippet.sent: , my father told me that was fine, because medicine is a service trade, and anyone not interested in serving should avoid the profession.
article_snippet.sent: A medical degree isn't a reward to be earned, my father said, but a responsibility to be accepted.