It seems to me that most doctors, whether they are GPs or Orthos or Neurosurgeons, seem to view pain as a nuisance for the patient and not something that deserves serious attention. I hope that one day they experience this severe, life-crushing pain because they seem to completely lack empathy for the suffering patient. Instead they only focus on mechanical and physiological problems - like robots without feeling. Is that what Med School is teaching them nowadays? If something does not affect mechanical or physiological function - then it is not a serious problem?

Whatever happened to doctors who pledged to ease human suffering?