Recalling his early years, a family practitioner in Canada wrote: “Work was flooding me: needy people wanting my time; distressed people wanting to off - load their distress; ill people needing my action; manipulative people pushing and pulling; people coming to see me; people pressing for me to go to them; people coming down the telephone wires into my own home ​ — and even my bedroom.
Üks kanada perearst kirjutab oma esimesi tööaastaid meenutades: „Töö mattis mind enda alla: hädasolijad nõudsid mult aega; murelikud tahtsid hajutada oma muresid; haiged vajasid minu sekkumist; manipuleerijad surusid oma tahet läbi; inimesed tulid ise mu juurde; inimesed käisid mulle peale, et ma nende juurde tuleksin; telefon tõi inimesed mulle koju ja isegi magamistuppa.