Re: Calling all doctors...
Good question! But u know the real issue is not whether a doctor cares or not. If he's doing everything he possibly can to help his patients, then he can't be held responsible for how he feels after successful/unsuccessful treatment of a patient. I can tell u that most of them r conscientious people. Some are not.
I actually remember talking to a doctor about how they feel surrounded by all this suffering. After some discussion I said, "So, a doctor should be callous?" "He ought to....," he replied.
You see there's a difference between callousness and indifference/negligence.
I'm not a doctor. But I feel that having an emotional attachment with your patients may not be a good idea. But, you may have to assume a certain attitude before them. In any case, the real objective is to help patients in the best possible way.