Note I used the word "definition" not "standards"....
Which would be fair enough, except that in the rest of your post you definitely imply that docs are in some way more responsible professionally than pilots. Which frankly I don't think is true.
And yes I am touchy, I truly believe that medicine in general has only started living up to it's own hype in the last 10-15 years, and even then in some cases only by being dragged kicking and screaming forwards. And even THEN there are situations when I wonder what century I'm in!
That isn't to say of course that there aren't wonderfully professional doctors out there. Because of course there are.
Medicine is learning a lot from aviation. Not the other way round. Sad fact, but fact nonetheless.
Regards
JR