The lawyers and doctors may be compared with respect to their jobs, for instance on their payments, nature of work and importance of their professions to the society. The debates always arise on the importance of the both the lawyers and doctors. The professions of doctors and lawyers differs with respect to pressure associated with the work. Both the lawyers and doctors are often actively engaged in performance of their duties and tasks in order to satisfy the needs of their clients in the society (Bruce, 2012 pg. 16). The doctors face more pressure than lawyers when it comes to performance of their activities. The tasks of doctors must be done on time by the specific doctors but a lawyer may assign his task to other attorneys if they are jot in a position to perform that task on time.
Both doctors and lawyers may also work for long hours depending on the nature of tasks they are endowed with at a particular time. Both professions are engaging in that doctors are actively engaged in treatment as well taking care of the patients at all times while the lawyers are also engaged in the tiresome activities in preparation of cases which are essential in defense of their clients.
The doctors tend to spend more time than doctors in their course of duty. The doctors spend all their time day and night taking care of their patients or clients while the lawyers may get some time to rest their duties are not compulsory and they can be shifted to other professionals without much inconvenience (Heller, 2012 pg22).
The payment of doctors does not have any incentives depending on the hourly rates but the lawyers are paid depending on the nature of the cases that they handle. The lawyers therefore have an upper hand in relation to payments (Moretti, 2013pg 18).
In conclusion, the profession of doctors have both similarities and differences with that of lawyers in relation to the nature and importance of tasks. The nature of tasks therefore determines the conduct of both lawyers and doctors in their professions.
References
Bruce, G. H. (2012). Lawyers, doctors and preachers: A satirical survey of the three learned professions. Holmes Beach, Fla: Gaunt, Inc.
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Heller, K. J. (2012). The Nuremberg military tribunals and the origins of international criminal law. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Moretti, E. (2013). The new geography of jobs. Boston, Mass: Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
