As can be seen, we do not choose our profession from among a wide array of possibilities spread out in front of us by thoroughly researching each one so that we are fully informed of its nature; everybody's options are different and it is a large and difficult task to make oneself sufficiently informed of them. Moreover, as described above, the decision to quit medical school can be quite difficult: on one side of the dilemma there are occupational risks that must be accepted regardless of misgivings on the part of the individual; on the other side, very influential factors pressure the individual to continue their medical education. Thus, the claim that "People who enter medical fields clearly had alternatives" is debatable and sometimes even doubtful. In theory it sounds right; nobody has to be a physician. But in practice, having alternatives does not mean that all our decisions are made freely or autonomously.