Over the past several days a failed terrorist attack in Britain has raised anxiety levels regarding another wave of carnage brought to you by nutty extremists. As always there was a paranoia that framed the media coverage, and rampant speculation as to who could be responsible. What I find rather interesting, now that the calm has somewhat returned, and the terrorist cell has been largely apprehended, is that almost all of the terrorists in this instance were Doctors.

Personally I've always been quite critical of the health industry in general, and health professionals in particular. My parents were and to some extent still are health professionals, and countless dinner conversations have given me a type of insight into some of the dysfunctions of the profession. Generally speaking my folks are and have been quite critical of the way in which the health industry is governed, and the type of people who tend to be attracted and successful in this field.

I also have a chronic illness, and have spent a good part of my life dealing with my health and having all sorts of health professionals do all sorts of nasty things to me in the interest of either my improved health or the greater good (in the form of experiments and research).

So suffice to say I've got quite a tainted view of health professionals, and I can't say I'm too fond of many that I have met.

Recently on my show 3D Dialogue I had an interview with Dr. Toyomasa Fuse, a Suicidologist (a sociologist who specializes in the study of suicide) regarding the potential for religion to act as a deterrent when it came to preventing suicide. However off-camera Dr. Fuse mentioned that the most interesting part of his research was not religion, but rather Doctors, who as a profession have the highest rate of suicide of any profile or identity.

I asked him if this was due to job pressure, or stress, and he indicated that instead it was a problem of education. That the people who are attracted to the profession and able to withstand the rigors of medical school are exactly the wrong people for the job. That in fact the process of becoming a Doctor filters out everyone except for the types who are most prone to suicide, depression, and addiction.

Thus I am not surprised that the recent terrorist cell captured in Britain was comprised almost entirely of young doctors. Will this be a new trend of Terrorist Physicians? Granted I'm being simplistic and over-generalizing, however from my own experience I worry about the state of our health given the type of people we tend to foster in the current pedagogy of medicine.

Unfortunately this recent failed attack will not be a wake-up call to re-assess how Doctors become Doctors, however I think it should. Have you ever had a bad experience with a health professional you felt should not have had the authority and position they have?

With all that said, my GI specialist is incredible. She's one of the best Doctor's I've ever had, although she is the exception to the rule. Unlike many of her colleagues, she actually makes an effort to make the patient feel human and comfortable when in her presence.