Confessions from a doctor

Have you ever wanted to sit down with a doctor and just shoot the breeze? It's not like we get the chance to do this when we actually go visit them, but here's a very interesting article doing just that! They sat down with five doctors of different backgrounds to get candid answers relating to the field of medicine.

The doctors were anonymous, of course, but included a general practitioner, a pediatrician, an oncologist (that's cancer), a gynecologist, and a psychiatrist. One of the questions they asked them was "Do you ever worry about catching diseases and infections off your patients?" This is something that I have always wondered.

It undoubtedly varies from person to person, but the gynecologist admitted he or she was terrified of contracting hepatitis C. "Dr Child" (the pediatrician) says no, and that the risk can actually go the other way. Infecting a patient with a weak immune system, for example, can be dangerous. Ever wondered if doctors smoke or drink? Each of the five admitted to drinking, but none smoke (though two had in the past). Read on for more confessions -- there are a bunch of insights to be learned!