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Overall, medicine is friendlier than law. In medicine, you seem to make partner. In law, unless you somehow figure out how to sell and market, you're out on the street, so to speak, after 7-10 years. Plus, law has a much more severe pyramid structure. Last I checked (about 5 years ago), equity partner at one of the larger firms was requiring $2,000,000 in billable value. Less than that and No Soup For You.

Doctors have been much better at limiting supply, which increases the strength of the guild.

If I went into medicine, cardiology is already off my list of specialties. It's pretty high-stress. I've already represented one cardiology burn-out who was nearly dying from the stress.

Also, with respect to the actual content of this thread, I agree with Dude.