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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Medicine has always been very unforgiving of drug or alcohol use which makes sense given that physicians have incredible access to drugs.  What happened to this girl is not unique. 
[b]The fact that she killed herself sadly supports medicine's decision not to train her.  There are many people who attend medical school and can't complete residency training for a variety of reasons (addiction, financial, academic). 
They go on to use their MD without doing a residency (research, pharmaceutical work , etc).  These people have table their dreams, shift directions and make it work.  They don't decided to end it all.  [/b]

Also, given that she completed an internship year (first year of residency) means she was eligible to work as an attending MD ...  [/quote]

This.  The bolded.

I hesitate to speak ill of the dead, but she did elegantly make their point for them. [/quote]

This is so nasty.

This woman was not well, and was troubled, and you know what?  There are plenty of successful practicing physicians who have similar mental issues.

I know of at least one highly successful physician who recently passed away from a drug overdose.[/quote]

Your example just proves the point you were trying to argue against.[/quote]

Exactly.

Mental health is such a difficult issue for all aspiring physicians but also practicing physicians.  If a practicing physician develops a mental health issue such as anxiety or depression later on in life, getting treatment or seeking psychiatric care could put them at risk of losing their license.

It's sad and seems really unfair. That said, there are very real life and death reasons.  Life and death of not only the doctor, but they are often quite literally the difference between life and death for their patients. Therefore there can be no risk of compromise of their mental state.
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