Well I think it’s that there is sort of a glorification in these jobs that aren’t often the case.

For example, I work in pain management and it was glorified as a way to help those suffering with genuine chronic pain and improve their lives. In residency I had patients with spinal cord injuries or those severely affected by car accidents/injuries/scoliosis whatever.

In truth, it’s very rare. Most of my patient demographic are drug-seeking, or are expert liars, manipulators and conman. It’s an exhausting patient demographic. I’ve had days where I broke down crying because the 5th patient that week came in abusing the staff because they want more pills. Most of my patients are in pain because they have poor posture, don’t exercise, eat like shit, are 50lbs overweight and then cry because I won’t give them oxycodone. Lol.

So I get it. Maybe OP had some glorified idea about giving family member’s peace and “putting the bad guys away”. Sure it’s naive, but there is a ton of ugly shit in this world and the reality is you will maybe only help a few out of a 1000.