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Jedi in disguise
Am I training to be a Jedi Knight? I know it sounds a bit out of reach, but let’s think about it…
I am required to sacrifice all self indulgence as I further my training into medicine. Love? Forget about it. No time, and if you even do, then you will compromise your academic integrity and clinical ability. Didn’t you see what happened to Annikan? Love led him to the dark side. It evoked emotions too irrational for his Jedi demeanor to handle, and fear took grip while he was off kilter. Jedi are stricken from getting themselves into relationships because it distracts from their main objective: service to keep the peace. Any distractions from my training will deprive my expertise in my service to the public’s health.
Death, we must not fear. Both Jedi and Physician are groomed to be comfortable with the uncomfortable. We have to accept haziness and uncertainty while the average grapple with and are sometimes defeated by the unknown. We don’t fight fire with fire.
The Jedi use the force, an intangible objectivity to help them dictate through tough decisions and give them strength. We use…biomedical ethics (which I know, is a loose framework and sort of an unstable foundation) to guide our healthcare decisions for patients. Definitely not a great tenant to this argument…
We are both considered the most noble of professions in our distinct societies. Note that in Star Wars, Jedi are separate from the political sphere…yes they have votes in the Senate, but they operate independently. Doctors can operate in the political sphere, but we are here to serve the people. There’s a general assumption of purity in our two professions. Both are held to a higher standard that’s often hard to meet. The problem is the Jedi are ficitional and we are factual. Let’s hope I’m not really training to be a Jedi.
