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The documentary film Escape Fire had focused on many inconsistencies in the medical health system. I’ve enjoyed this movie because it has not only highlighted the flaws of health care as being a disease-management system, but how it has become a growing business for prescription medications. The movie had also gave a vivid depiction of how most medical treatments for diseases and mental health often worsen these conditions, yet alternative methods having an increasingly positive effect. In the movie, we see survivors like U.S Army Sgt. Robert Yates hope being a prime example of what unconventional treatment can do for sufferers, which may change the system of health.
The film goes on to show how a “quick fix” is seen as the answer for many
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Erin Martin, who struggles with compensation from the system because of the small number of patients she sees in her clinic. Since she is not a specialist, she cannot get funding for services of special patients such as suicidal victims, which supports the disadvantages of health care. More money is put towards specialists instead of primary care, even though primary care physicians are quite influential to patients. The healthcare system is a wrong incentive for what healthcare should be. Martin’s decision to leave her clinic was an eye opener scene because it showed a physician with emotions and care for her patients. She had personality and expression, whereas other healthcare providers have a challenge in this with along with other communication errors.
Other challenges shown in the film are mainly focused on the biomedical approach and how it fails to acknowledge broader sociological, psychological and economical factors that impact health. For Dr. Martin’s story, the views on current determinants of health included the influences of health policies and the health system. According to the Los Angeles Times, “She left because she had to maximize the number of patients she sees and minimize the time spent with each one because of the dictates of the system,” (Kenneth Turan, 2012) which in turn affected the access to timely, quality healthcare for her
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It is a film that incites hope for change. The film brought me to the understanding that health psychology is not a field to shun the biomedical model or the health system, however it must incorporate psychological and social influences for overall health. Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council states, ”Health is not just the physical well-being of the individual, but the social, emotional and cultural well-being of the whole community.“ Although our healthcare is really broken, doctors and providers need to sit down and talk with the patients more and give better alternatives of treatment. A new hope for change can be implemented if the health care system invites alternative medicine such as acupuncture for pain, herbal treatment, therapies etc. for not just our physical state but mental
While the majority of the book critiques the healthcare system, Chapter 13 focuses more on key actions and personality traits that help Dr. Stone relate to patients. Although this noteworthy, compassionate physician attempts to develop an understanding of his patients’ values and goals, he still fails Mrs. Jackson by trying to retain cultural competency by tiptoeing around end-of-life decisions. Conversations about feeding tube placement and DNR orders could have minimized Mrs. Jackson’s unnecessary
The film gives a historical overview of how the mentally ill have been treated throughout history and chronicles the advancements and missteps the medical community has made along the way. Whittaker recounts the history of psychiatric treatment in America until 1950, he then moves on to describe the use of antipsychotic drugs to treat schizophrenia. He critically summarizes that it is doctors, rather than the patients, who have always calculated the evaluation of the merits of medical treatment, as the “mad” continue to be dismissed as unreliable witnesses. When in fact it is the patient being treated, and their subjective experience, that should be foremost in the evaluation. The film backs up this analysis with interviews of people, living viable lives in the town of Geel, Belgium. I would recommend this film to anyone interested in the history of medicine and specifically to those examining mental illness. It provides a balanced recounting of historical approaches to mental illness, along with success stories of the people of Geel, Belgium. And although I had to look away during the viewing of a lobotomy procedure, I give credit to the power of the visual impact the footage
When comparing the healing philosophy that underpins healing practices of the indigenous tribes it’s evident that all cultures share similar beliefs.
The Hmong culture is evidence that health worlds exist. Health worlds exist in which health is understood in terms of its social and religious context (SITE BOOK). Spiritual beliefs in the Hmong culture are strongly connected to their view and description of health and illness (SITE 6). Illness in the Hmong culture is believed to be caused by evil spirits, a curse from an unhappy ancestor, or a separation of the soul from the body (California Department of Health Services, 2004). Paja Thao, the shaman in “The Split Horn” emphasizes his belief that a soul can separate from its body and the failure to return back to the body is a sign that the individual will become ill. Like the Chinese concept of ‘Ying and Yang’, Hmong people believe that the balance between the body and soul determines perfect health. Paja Thao believes that a body is attached to seven souls, and when there is a loss in a soul, illness occurs. In contrast to this holistic concept that the Hmong’s believe in, the Western culture is not able to predict when illnesses will occur. Instead, the dominant biomedical model of health focuses on preventing depression through a healthy life style, such as exercise and nutrition
From the beginning of the film, pathos is strongly used to support Moore’s position of how corrupt the American medical system is and how the healthcare needs to be reformed. The tragic family stories that are told give the audience an emotional response of anger and hatred towards the health insurance companies, and sympathy toward...
...mprovement in communication between the healthcare team responsible for Josie's care and through healthcare providers providing increased advocacy for patient safety. Moral courage did not play a role in Josie's medical care because the nurse administered the methadone to her despite her mother's wishes and had caused her a life-threatening complication. Pain, suffering, and compassion were all relevant to Josie's case. I learned a lot by reading Josie's Story which includes the importance of patient advocacy, communication between healthcare professionals, and the disclosure of adverse events. I was thoroughly enjoyed reading this story because it helped me to understand my role as a healthcare provider in advocating for patient safety and reducing medical errors. I plan to use everything that I learned from this story to implement into my future nursing practice.
In this movie, Martin E. Blake, a medical student transfer to Southern California Hospital to start his residency. Dr. Martin Blake is an individual who wants to be respected by people around him in the profession he is in. He wants to be respected often and he choose this career so that he can earn the respect he always expected. He begins to feel frustrated when he did not obtain the respect he wanted from a nurse who is supposed to obey him and be respectful towards him. He also begins to become conscious about his performances and his role about being a good doctor. He was blamed by the nurse for a patient’s allergy reaction as he was not responsible instead it was another nurse’s mistake who had messed vancomycin to be patient who was vancomycin allergy. Sooner, he begins to have low self-esteem about himself
Autonomy was a huge part in this study; the patients could not make the decisions, only the doctors. There were 600 black men that were conducted in the study, that had no education and had no idea what was going on. If they were educated enough to ask questions about what was going on they would be able to make their own decisions and treatments that they wanted. It was the practice for doctors to make decisions for patients. Miss Evers’ encouraged the patients to trust the doctors because they knew what was best. The doctors deliberately neglected to tell the patients of the transition from treatment to no treatment believing “they won’t know the difference.” Doctors consistently withheld information from the patients. The ...
This practice is widespread; any population the fits today’s guidelines of “civilization” has some kind of drug that provides the escape route, if not a variety of them. The idea of drug induced escape is so ground in that medical professions give in to it today. Psychiatrists are capable of prescribing drugs that soothe the mind, and ease the pain in the troubled patient.
An ancient Chinese proverb proclaims, "Nature, time and patience are the three great doctors". Nowadays more and more people choose to be treated by methods that are not based on Western systematic techniques that are the knowledge and practice of medicine which is usual in the West. These methods are known as “Alternative medicine”, which consists of homeopathy, acupuncture, aromatherapy, chiropractic medicine and others. Chinese medicine is also gaining popularity among people. The alternative way of treatment has verified its efficiency and is methodically founded, but, unfortunately, has its little disadvantages and needs a scientific base. For that reason, the alternative medicine is not generally available in all countries, and people have to pay for their individual treatment. Whereas some people consider it an ambiguity and do not dare try it because they consider it might be quite dangerous or insecure, some others just think about it as nonsense and pay little or no attention to it. People who feel anxious or doubtful of it claim that if non-traditional medicine had really worked, then appropriate doctors would have used it. Nevertheless, since the early 1980s, the alternative medicine has become increasingly popular, and although it is not officially accepted by the medical base, some doctors do accept that such methods can be effective in treating some types of illnesses. Moreover, usual medicine has its boundaries, since some illnesses are untreatable and some others which are caused by mental troubles cannot be cured by its methods (Kowalski, 1998).
Through showing the different definitions of health, the authors explain how those different understandings affect patterns of behavior on health depend on different cultures. In addition, an analysis of the models of health demonstrates even western medical approaches to health have different cognitions, same as the Indigenous health beliefs. The most remarkable aspect is a balance, a corresponding core element in most cultures which is an important consideration in Indigenous health as well. From an Indigenous perspective, health is considered as being linked, and keeping the connection is a priority to preserve their health. Consequently, health is a very much culturally determined. Health practitioners should anticipate and respect the cultural differences when they encounter a patient from various cultures. In particular, this article is good to understand why the Indigenous health beliefs are not that different than western medicine views using appropriate examples and comparative composition, even though the implementation the authors indicated is a bit abstract, not
Indigenous health is a vital tool in health care today. The case study is about an indigenous lady who is from a remote community. This case study will define culture shock, transcultural theory. Finally it will states the recommendations that can be acquired to improve the current indigenous health care issue as it can be noted that the indigenous health tends has been deteoriating.
Conrad, Peter. The Medicalization of Society: On the Transformation of Human Conditions into Treatable Disorders. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
The disorder which is being treated is actually strengthened to the point of a serious mental illness. Similarly, in today’s society, medical and psychological advice may have the same effect. Medical technology and practice have progressed considerably since the time of the “Yellow Wallpaper.” This is not to say that today’s physicians are infallible. Perhaps some of today’s treatments are the “Yellow Wallpaper” of the future.
Mona Counts works in the village of Mt. Morris, Pennsylvania. It is a medically underserved area and a HPSA (health professional shortage area). The town has an extremely poor economic base and majority of Mona’s patient population are poverty level. Mona is not worried about the money and will tell a patient to come in for a check up, regardless of whether or not they have health care. One patient said, “she is old-fashioned, she talks to you and tells you what you nee...