The medical world cannot even be the stage for a drama if we take away the concepts of "authority" and "career." This illustrates just how conservative the relationships between people are in this field.
From a commentary on "Eulogy to Kirihito"
The sad truth these days is that many doctors put their patients second in order to gain honor and distinction in their profession. It seems to be in the news almost every day about how doctors neglect to follow the correct procedures in determining brain death so that they can gain notoriety for transplants, or how they cover up obvious cases of malpractice to protect their own reputations. Doctors are often guilty of ignoring the needs of human beings, all in the name of pride. Because Tezuka Osamu was himself a doctor, his works all the more effectively highlight the problems of authoritarianism among doctors.
