In all professions there are timeless issues. In the field of medical field one such issue about the symbol of the doctors white coats. But Throughout this article title “The Doctor's White Coat. The image of the physician in modern America.” Give a sense of humors about physicians toward their white coats which represent a symbol for what it means to be a healer. It is very clear that the most well recognized of these symbols is the doctor`s white coat. In the article, Blumhagen mentions that “The purpose of the coats in this setting appears to be twofold: to protect the patient from being contaminated by the physician, and to protect the physician from contamination by the patient during the procedure being performed.” I totally, agree with this because …show more content…
And the doctors will care more and give the best treatment and proper care to the patients in need. On the other hand, Blumhagen stated that, “Since there a few celebrations of life in our society, this meaning is derived from its opposite color, black, which is clearly the color of death and mourning.” I do agree that, allowing physicians wearing black coat will be very disappointed because it can lead to death of the patient or considered bad luck that will make the surgery to not be successful. However, healing will be accomplished by the physicians were seen as scientists wearing white coats. From reading this article, I totally understand the meaning of whiteness, which can symbolizes life, purity and justice. These also related to the passage mentions by Blumhagen, “Christ and the saints who have exercised their power over death and all other human frailties are robed in white (Bible, revelations
In book " black man in the white coat", the author has been mistaken as the electrician by his professor in medical school. It's unfortunately very common experience for our black fellows. I really admired his way to deal with this discrimination. He worked his butt off and became the second in that class. The professor was shocked by his accomplishments and invited him to work in his lab. Of course, he politely refused. The professor had no words about that incident (maybe every black looks same in his eyes). The stereotyping thing is detrimental to the people who came from different race background. Now the in-between biracial people are treated even worse because they do not belong to any categories..."others". Being marginalized is hurtful
People trust doctors to save lives. Everyday millions of Americans swallow pills prescribed by doctors to alleviate painful symptoms of conditions they may have. Others entrust their lives to doctors, with full trust that the doctors have the patient’s best interests in mind. In cases such as the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, the Crownsville Hospital of the Negro Insane, and Joseph Mengele’s Research, doctors did not take care of the patients but instead focused on their self-interest. Rebecca Skloot, in her contemporary nonfiction novel The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, uses logos to reveal corruption in the medical field in order to protect individuals in the future.
In the book The Blue Sweater, the author mentioned many interesting stories in chapter five. The main one that really draws my attention is the poverty that these Rwandans women lived in, and how they were able to sustain the hardship in their lives.
	The most important item Doc would have had on him when he diedwas a handkerchief. Doc most likely had a handkerchief because of thesevere case of tuberculosis he had, which led to his untimely demise. Doc contracted this disease while traveling the west, staying up long hours, drinking, smoking, and gambling most of the time he was awake. This handkerchief would have helped Doc wipe up any blood, and ordead lung tissue he might have coughed up on his last day of life. Doc was not only a very sick man, he was also a very cultured man. Being cultured might have provoked Doc to wear a handkerchief as a fashion accessory, because rumor has it that although Doc was a mans man, he still liked to look as good as possible no matter where he went. This handkerchief in his eyes may have shown people his intelligent, well educated side. This educated side is a side of Doc that few people know about today. Usually when someone hears the name Doc Holliday, they think about fighting, drinking, and gambling, all of these are true of Doc, but these people had barely scratched the surface. As a young man Doc attended Valdosta institute where he became knowledgeable of the Greek, Latin, and French languages. Amazingly Doc’s favorite subject
As a society we place those in the medical profession on a pedestal. They are people to be looked up to and admired. In many ways they are Gods, right here with us on earth. People put the hope and faith in doctors hoping they can perform miracles. Throughout history, doctors have indeed preformed many wonders. There were, however, some doctors that betrayed this belief and peoples trust. These doctors could be found in concentration camps such as Auschwitz and Dachau. These doctors committed unspeakable acts against the Jews and other minorities, believing that they were conducting helpful experiments. Following the holocaust, however, they were punished for their actions.
In Medical Apartheid The Dark History Of Medical Experimentation On Black Americans From Colonial Times To The Present Washington present an argument supporting scientific racism by doctors lead to“behavioral fallout that cause researcher and African Americans to view each other through jaundiced eyes”(Washington 2006) and that the “culture of American medicine has mirrored the larger culture”(Washington 2006). The Doctors used experimentations on people of color and the used their finding to justified and perpetuated the inequalities that existed during slavery. The Framework used to present this idea is scientific racism. Scientific racism isthe use of scientific techniques and hypothesis to support believe in racism and racial inferiority or superiority. The doctors explain that blacks have been “submissive knee-benders”(Washington 2006) and they were immune to the harsh conditions of the southern American climates. Doctors use whatever reasons he wanted to justify the black 's position. They even went far enough to put the biblical depictions in their explanations.
The bloodstained bandages became recognized as the emblem of the barber-surgeon profession. Later, the emblem was replaced by a wooden pole of white and red stripes. These colors are recognized as the true colors of the barber emblem. Red, white, and blue typically are displayed in America, partly due to the fact that the national flag has these colors. Another interpretation of these barber pole colors is that the red represents arterial blood, the blue is symbolic of venous blood, and the white depicts the bandage. After the formation of the United Barber Surgeons Company in England, a statute required barbers to use a blue and white pole and surgeons to use a red pole.
Some of the norms in the Bridgewater State Hospital includes having the male patients remove all articles of clothing as demonstrated at the beginning of the film. The officers then went through each article of clothing digging into pockets and such. The officers then physically examined each patient asking them to lift their arms other limbs. I don’t believe discrimination due to race was an issue, since there were African Americans in the same vicinity as the white males. Also, the workers at the facility treat the patients as if they are not human beings. For example,
patients. Girard’s (2011) study further enforces our belief on the importance of a nurse wearing their scrubs by the study’s outcome of “Fifty percent of adult visitors of pediatric patients rated a nurse’s uniform as a very important indicator of nurse professionalism, and only 10% thought it was not important at all.” (p.420) The majority of people placed a higher importance on a nurse’s uniform because it represents the nurse’s professionalism. If a nurse comes into work unprepared and having wrinkles on their uniform then the patient will believe that the nurse can’t take care of them because the nurse can’t take care of themselves.
...e gap in attitudes between pre-medicalized and modern time periods. The trends of technological advancement and human understanding project a completely medicalized future in which medical authorities cement their place above an intently obedient society.
It has been said by many experts that there has been a surplus of physicians in the past, but that there will soon be a shortage of physicians. This shortage will have been instigated by many factors, and is predicted to have various effects on society, both immediate and long term. There have been proposed solutions to this shortage, but there is a fine balance to be found with these many solutions and factors. However, once this balance is found, the long-term mending of the physician shortage may begin.
Realism occurs everyday, one may not know but its the reason why know not everyone gets to live their lives to a happy ending, its the reason why sometimes you can't get everything you want in your life. Realism is the attitude or practice of accepting a situation as it is and being prepared to deal with it accordingly. Realism is a trend which takes place in the nineteenth century during which literature depicted life "as is," and focuses on real life. This literary movement frequently depicted everyday life; it follows the rule of a phenomenal world and that nothing is added to your life. It is the reverse job of what a filter would do to all the troubles that one may encounter later in life. Realism is represented in Kate Chopin's short stories The Story of an Hour and A Pair of Silk Stockings. In both the short stories, the main characters get to face a dream/fantasy that they’ve always wanted to encounter; something rare that lasted only for a short amount of time. The freedom that each character got was some sort of new freedom that they never experienced before. For example in The Story of an Hour, the main character Louise Mallards is feels oppressed because she can't live for herself. She realizes at the end that her husband was alive the whole time and that her short fantasy came to an end. She thought that it would last forever until the death of her but she was wrong. Another example of realism is A Pair of Silk Stockings, the main character of this story was Little Mrs Sommers. She finds fifteen dollars on the floor and this feeling of having this much money eventually controls her until its all gone. Her lack of being able to control herself and curiosity controls her and the money. W...
Though the evils of the world may discourage us from reaching our full potential, fairytales such as Little Snow-White by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm teach us that good will always triumph over evil. As many tales of its kind, Little Snow-White uses a number of literary devices to attract a younger audience and communicate to them a lesson or moral that will remain with them throughout their lives. Since children have such an abstract stream of thought, it is vital to use language and devices that will appeal to them as to keep them interested in the story.
ANALYSIS OF PLOT STRUCTURE The Scarlet Letter is a unified, masterfully written novel. It is structured around three crucial scaffold scenes and three major characters that are all related. The story is about Hester Prynne, who is given a scarlet letter to wear as a symbol of her adultery. Her life is closely tied to two men, Roger Chillingworth, her husband, and Arthur Dimmesdale, her minister and the father of her child.
“The real costs of medical malpractice have little to do with litigation but the lost lives, extra medical expenses, time out of work, and pain and suffering of tens of thousands of people every year” (Baker 1). The effects of malpractice in the health care field are a major issue in today’s society. Working on a more profitable and safe way to ensure the prevention of malpractice is what should be worked on to promote a safe and comfortable environment for the people. There are many errors that malpractice portrays in the healthcare field such handling medical situations: informed consent, foreign objects, and operating on the wrong body part. Also with these mistakes come major lawsuits against the healthcare system and liability on the doctors become crueler. Many of the doctors are leaving and that remain practice in fear and silence. Making sure that the healthcare professionals are fit to do the job is what needs to be accomplished in order to have a structure and effective healthcare system.