"My values are that life and death situations are more important than profit."

Everybody works for a "profit". "Profit" is nothing more than compensation for labor or risk. You say you value life more than profit. So, probably, does the average doctor. You are implying by that use of the word "profit" that you think that a doctor makes too much "profit". But what other field requires so much education, so much labor, and so much risk in order to profit?

I profit from my clay work. You profit from your artwork. There is nothing wrong with profit.