Silly Question...

[deleted92121]

Ok,

So I have always been fairly level-headed and I seem to have a good deal of life experience compared to many other people around my age (18-22). I have seen a great deal such as my mom's few divorces, my pap's death which I was there when he died and helped take care of him while in hospice, and some world travel. The way most people describe me is mature for my age.

That being said, I have a good way of dealing w/ pretty much anything and I have a knack for helping people in difficult times and whatnot. Since I view this as a positive quality, I would like to be able to use it to help others. What field of medicine allows me not only to provide care to a patient, but their family as well (specific example: telling a wife her husband was unable to be revived, you only have 2 months to live, we found a tumor, etc.) I hope this didn't come off morbid..I want to help sustain a healthy, productive life rather than give others bad news, but since I find that I have a knack for things of this nature, i'd rather use it than let it go to waste.

I know EM has some of this with trauma cases like vehicle accidents and heart attacks, but what about IM, which is what I am most interested in?

dxu

p.s. thanks for all the help!

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[Fermata]

You may find that once you have a medical degree that what you want to do with it may have changed.

At least you aren't one of those tools that apply to medical school with future hopes of becoming pediatric neurosurgeons.

Just get in, do well in classes, and then you can figure out what you like.

 

[group_theory]

Palliative Care Medicine - as copied from a website - "Palliative Care is an interdisciplinary approach designed to provide compassionate care to the terminally ill and their families in their own homes, in the hospital, or in other care facilities. The goal of palliative care is to maintain or improve the quality of life of people for whom cure is no longer possible. Achieving this goal requires attention not only to the control of pain and other symptoms but also to psychosocial and spiritual needs as well. "

I actually know a pediatrician who is a palliative care specialist. Tough job but he enjoys it and the families appreciate his work and his committment to them.

Other options include General Internal Medicine in a hospital setting, Critical Care, Heme/Onc, etc.

 

[Buckeye(OH)]

pediatric heme/onc

 

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Rad onc has tons of palliative patients.