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Ok I ll bite. Why do you say that.
Certainly other specialities can be more stressful, depending on what causes you stress, but these are onc patients, and you are the primary caregiver for them. Do you expect you just give them chemo without any problems and peace out? They die, they get infected, they get fluid in every pocket imaginable, they get depressed, their family gets neurotic... all that stuff happens and more, and guess who usually deals with it first? Not the rad or surg oncologist and many times not their primary care doctor.
Oncology is extremely important work, but it can be hard, sometimes extremely hard.
IMO, IM specialites like endo and allergy are the least stressful. If you're looking for that, check them out. Rheum, in general, is not super hectic, but their patients can also be sick, sick, sick.... and they want pain medicine all the time.