> As in all professions there will be a (small?) percentage of rogues, but
> most doctors will be proud of success in treating a condition, not
> consciously trying to 'almost cure' you so that you have to keep coming
> back for more. They are human beings with the same spectrum of
> motivations as the rest of society, and doing good to his/her fellow
> being is one of them.

Within the population of 'medical', you can also be confident that will
always be some who want/need to be recognised for discovery and/or
excellence.  And you can be sure that if something does work, and can be
demonstrated to work to a degree of confidence, that these 'lean, hungry'
types would ***kill each other*** (Yes, I know; not a good description...)
to be the first to have their names associated with it.

That is, it doesn't matter about a medical researcher's preconceptions or
orientation or bias - if there is a chance that some sort of therapy or
treatment would work, you can be assured that they would be wanting to be
the one to 'discover' it.

While not one to often defend the medical research professionals, I'd say
that in the area of desire for recognition, they can be shown to excel.
They would not be able to maintain a credible conspiracy to avoid
apitherapy...

Nick Wallingford
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