Code Blue Play Analysis

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Margaret Edson’s play struck me by surprise from beginning to end. The description and reviews of the film do not give it justice. I went into viewing the film as just another class assignment, but it quickly changed my views. The film was beautifully constructed from start to finish and not once liked emotion. In fact, the opening scene set the emotional tone of the film. From the very beginning, we are introduced to Dr. Bearings witty remarks and her love for John Donne. What shocked me the most was its accurate portal of conflicts in modern medicine. Far too often, in the media we see healthcare workers working hard to bring patients back to life, but the media never addresses the questions of, “Do they want to be resuscitated?”. With no …show more content…

In the film, the nurse Suzie was the only health care professional who knew Vivian had signed a DNR and therefore when Dr. Posner called Code Blue and began CPR he was committing malpractice whether he was aware of it or not. From personal experience, I have seen that modern and contemporary medical care more about saving lives than the quality of life. It does not matter if the patient will have to be kept alive on a ventilator as long as they are alive. Dr. Bearing seemed to feel like nothing more than a test subject. In the eyes of the physicians, she was simply just research. When the nurse suggested she be put on patient-controlled analgesia for her pain, Dr. Kelekian denied her …show more content…

About halfway through we begin to see her reflect on her past lectures and how she interacted with her students, we also begin to understand why Dr. The bearing has no visitors. We learn her father passed away at twenty-one and that her mother passed away from breast cancer. We see her spirits start to drop and her pain levels increase. She begins attempting to deny treatments. In the end, she is deteriorating rapidly up until the point that she passes away. From her relationship with her nurse to her personal conflicts with herself, they are all things I have seen in my own family members who have suffered with or passed away from family. I have witnessed both the mental and physical and mental deterioration and I believe Edson has displayed this

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