This study aims to understand the demands that healthcare jobs place on the people who perform them: what do we, as a society, ask of healthcare professionals, and what arrangements make that work feel more or less sustainable over the course of a career? I am especially interested in hearing about the physical experiences of healthcare work: how it smells, feels, and sounds; how workers build and maintain the physical skills and stamina their jobs require; and how they navigate these demands as their bodies age or experience other health/disability-related changes.