i agree there are crap ppl in every profession. guess it just gets annoying when you hear nurses/midwives etc slag them off when its blatantly obvious they have a chip on their shoulder. (im a final year medical student) yeh my dad was ok, but when i found out recently i was bloody damn annoyed cos if the paramedic had taken a proper history he would have realised my father isnt known to have stress, or Sx of hyperventilation etc , he just turned his head (he has cervical spondylosis it turns out compressing his vertebral artery). i hear some ppl telling horror stories about some drs, like what ur mum said, i just find it so hard to believe these ppl would be allowed to graduate and get thru the system.