Australian doctor Ben Bravery decided to become a doctor when a cancer patient in his 20s.  In his book, 'The patient doctor', he details his experience of medical school and then the day-to-day workings of hospitals, in which too many doctors do not view patients as their equals.  Doctors who get sick, learn how it feels to be a patient but Ben Bravery's idea is to teach empathy from the start of medical training with patients leading the way, 'They should be invited to lecture and teach students, as important as any professor of medicine'.Bulletin article:  https://rb.gy/wforb