What are possible jobs if I am interested in the human body, the disease, and the causes?
alissa
I like the anatomy of the human body and examining organs and stuff, but I don’t want to become a doctor. I don’t really want to work with people, like actually have to talk to patients and diagnose them with cancer. I just want to study the bodies and send the results to a doctor who will tell the patients whatever they have. or maybe even work on corpses. Does anyone have anything to say about autopsies? I was watching a documentary on HBO and the guy said the thing people most remember after being at an autopsy are the odors. I have a strong sense of smell, but do you get used to it?
You could be a forensic specialist or coroner. You could aslo be a lab tech and do testing for different diseases. If you were interested in being a doctor, I’d say be a diagnostician.
Mortician’s assistant?
I don’t know how much you like learning and education, but to me it sounds like you would enjoy research. Look into PhD degrees in science–especially biology. It’s an extremely diverse field, and once you graduate the pay and working conditions a generally very good, $100 000 ++ for most people. I know a guy who has a PhD in biology (not sure of the concentration), but he works all over the world doing research on cancer. He really likes his job. Check out the biology department website of your local graduate university and I’m sure you will able to get much more info!