This is true. I do think that doctors get a negative view of people, because they only see the ones that have fucked up in some way (or are unlucky). I know a few GPs who have ended up thinking largely of the general population as incompetent idiots who can't be trusted to look after themselves.

And I think that _sometimes_ they have a point, but I'd rather that most people got to make their choices than we restrict everyone because of a few people.