[LaurensBER]

This is an interesting point and the article should definitely take these factors into account.

It's indeed very worrying what we ask medical professionals to put themselves through for their jobs. I think we can all agree that having a well rested doctor or nurse would be preferable over a stressed/tired one. The amount of hours and night shifts that (young) doctors have to do and the extreme competitiveness of the field (partly) drives this.

I understand that it would drive wages down (somewhat) if we educated more doctors and obviously we shouldn't lower our standards substantially but it seems like everyone involved would benefit from this.

A friend of mine, whose a doctor, told me once that the best way to ask for medical advice is to ask the doctor what he/she would recommend for their own sister/brother. Siblings are close enough that he would not want them to suffer unnecessarily but it eliminates the personal factors. Obviously it differs per doctor but in my experience it usually leads to a good conversation about the trade-offs for medical care.