Quote Originally Posted by Longdogs View Post
Only four times now eh! It was 7 last time i looked.. brilliant, we're all fine then How did they get these citings? From beyond the grave? Seriously, what i've read is (a) personality type, (b) conditions as you mentioned above, and (c) easy access to means. All these apply to medics and dentists too, also high rates. I think we outperform them on suicide though because of constantly having to make decisions on 'quality of life' of sentient beings and the apparent disposability of our patients. But that's purely a personal viewpoint.
Yes, imagine a scenario where an extremely intelligent high achieving child develops great interest in and empathy with animals, undertakes an ultra long, hard and expensive training in order to fulfil their ideal of helping animals, and then when their dream seems at last to be coming true finds that somehow it has changed into a nightmare - they are working in an abattoir. No other health professionals are required both to care for ill patients and kill healthy ones.