Greys Anatomy is a medical drama television that is centered around the lives of surgical interns who eventually become Attending Surgeons, however; it is mostly based off of one of the main characters, Meredith Grey. The setting generally takes place at Seattle Grace Memorial Hospital and during the series, it brings you through Meredith’s personal and work life with her coworkers who are also her closest friends. Each episode presents a new situation, but the story line of the characters and relationships continue to grow and connect to each episode throughout the season. There is always drama involving everyone’s lives at the hospital and all of the characters starred in the show endure severe, traumatic events throughout the seasons.
The main character, Meredith Grey, has a best friend named Cristina Yang, whom she met during her residency at Seattle Grace Memorial Hospital. They often refer to each other as their “person”, meaning they are the closest of friends – practically family, and would do literally anything for. In Season 3 Episode 16, Cristina Yang stated, “She’s my person. If I murdered someone, she’s the person I’d call to help me drag the corpse across the living room floor.
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The concept of the “ID” fits Yang because she will do anything to get into surgeries, including ones she is not assigned to, even if it means breaking hospital rules. Her behavior is based on her unconscious motivations and won’t let anybody sand in the way of her achieving something that will benefit her career. She is relentless in this desire to attain personal gratification and prestige. In season 7 episode 17, Yang states, “Oh, screw beautiful. I’m brilliant. If you want to appease me, compliment my brain.” After her boyfriend at the time, Owen Hunt, complimented her
Dr. Atul Gawande, a Harvard Medical School graduate and writer for The New Yorker, phenomenally illustrates the unknown side of healthcare professions in his book, Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science. By exploring the ethical and analytical aspects of medicine while entertaining readers with relatable anecdotes, Gawande impresses on his audience the importance of recognizing the wonders of the healthcare field, as well as the fallibility of those within it.
Running for more than 11 seasons, Grey’s Anatomy is never boring. A dramatic, blood pumping (literally) show that will get you saying, “I learned that medical term from Grey’s Anatomy!” Grey’s Anatomy follows a group of doctors in Seattle. We follow the protagonist, Meredith Grey (played by Ellen Pompeo) struggle with her relationship with her colleagues children, and recently (*spoiler alert*) her deceased husband.
This requires respect and compassion and prioritizing their comfort and values. I believe that as future physicians, we must be open to the different identities and perspectives of each individual in order to try to understand their beliefs and concerns. This level of empathy allows us to connect with patients on a deeper level and treat them with better quality care. Given this, I was immediately drawn to Georgetown’s Literature and Medicine program. Having taken a similarly named course during my undergraduate career, I recognize how literature, fiction or non-fiction, can create a compelling narrative that draws us into the mind of the writer and the characters. Medically related narratives raise issues that we will be confronted with later on in our careers, such as the respective responsibilities of the patient and physician, the role of medical ethics, and the value of compassion and empathy. This program will help me to become a more reflective and empathetic individual that places the beliefs and comfort of the patient at the forefront of my professional practice, and can competently cater to the needs of a diverse
Meredith Grey, a main character in the television show, Grey’s Anatomy once said, "Surgeons are control freaks. With a scalpel in your hand, you feel unstoppable. There's no fear, there's no pain. You're 10 feet tall and bulletproof.” Dr. Grey said this in the third episode, first season of the hit medical drama Grey’s Anatomy. The ABC series, created by Shonda Rhimes, first aired in 2005, and is in its tenth season, with new episodes on Thursday nights at 9/8 central. The series averaged 16.4 million viewers throughout its first 10 seasons, peaking at 25.41million viewers in the third season. (U.S.) The series concerns several surgical interns and their journey to becoming full-blown surgeons. In the average show, the viewer sees several complicated, unordinary medical cases in which the doctors attempt to save the patients life. The cases are always very dramatic which makes for a great television show. Often times the medical cases will have something to do with the doctors’ personal lives, which are just as dramatic. These connections make the situations seem so real, and make viewer believe that their doctor is just like the one that he or she sees on TV. This blur between what the viewer sees on TV, and his or her real life experiences, is backed up by the Cultivation Theory. (Quick) In the healthcare world, a distortion of reality caused by the viewing of Grey’s Anatomy, has an overall positive impact of real-life patient satisfaction with their real world doctors.
Shonda Rhimes’ medical television drama, Grey’s Anatomy, takes place is Seattle, Washington in the fictional Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital. The series focuses on the fictional lives of a group of surgical inters and residents, whom evolve into specialized doctors, while trying to maintain a personal life with significant others and loved ones. The series has seen many characters come and go, but Dr. Meredith Grey is the central character of the show. The television series has a lot of trauma either in patient lives, such as car accidents or illnesses, or in the doctor lives, such as a hospital shooting or a plane crash. Grey’s Anatomy expresses the causes of PTSD better than Pretty Little Liars, but still does not express all possible traumas
Fawned over as a society belle, admired for her cleverness and musical talent, Kate wrote what she really thought in her diary: “I dance with people I despise; amuse myself with men whose only talent is in their feet.” She wrote advice about how to flirt (just keep asking, “What do you think?” and you will be praised everywhere for your intelligence). (116)
Some lives were saved, while others were not. Emotional attachment was a repeating image of female doctors creating a bond too close to their patients, male doctors did not want their emotions to interrupt their work. Dr. Yang is soon off to Switzerland for a better opportunity and compliments Dr. Karev with a cocky attitude “You are good, competent, think fast with good hands, but you will never be as good as me.” The cockiness and fire elevate Dr. Yang over the head of Karev with her confidence in what she does, not quite often do you hear a woman verbalize this to a man. Another scene, Dr. Miranda Bailey, the chief, is the bossy type to stand for her position and is dubbed as being ¨bitchy¨, which can be discouraging compared to the male chief beforehand who was known as being collected and having everything under control. Last, Dr. Grey is suddenly asked to move to D.C. with her husband for his new job and start at a new hospital. This opportunity gave her husband a couple days off to make a decision and to stay home and take care of the children while Dr.
The id is considered to be unconscious activity that strives to fulfill basic needs such as those required for survival, procreation, and aggression (Mcleod, 2013). It is also considered to be the instant gratification state that is concerned with the here and now (Myers, pg. 425). When I picture our species operating on this level alone I envision complete mayhem.
Perhaps the greatest problem faced throughout this tale was that of miscommunication. The Merced Community Medical Center or MCMC for short was the place where Lia was being treated. This hospital was the Merced county's only hospital and unlike most rural county hospital it is state of the art, ."..42,000-square foot wing ... that houses coronary care, intensive care, and transitional care units; 154 medical and surgical beds...."3 This was a teaching hospital made up of interns mostly, but also with some great doctors like Peggy Philp and Neil Ernst. Peggy and Neil are married and have children. They graduated together at the top of their class, and have created quite a practice for themselves. Although MCMC is a great rural hospital, it also has the same problems as most rural hospitals do which is the health care crunch, where most of the money goes to the urban hospitals and then the leftover money is spread among th...
she was pretty and that was everything” (225). This captivation with herself along with the constant looking in the mirrors and thinking her mother was only pestering her all the time because her mother’s own good looks were long gone by now (225) shows a sign of immaturity because she believes everything revolves around whether or not someo...
A documentary Doctors ' Diaries produced real-life stories of seven first-year medical students from Harvard University. The film shows emotions and mental stress that goes through medical students while becoming a doctor and how it affects them. Medical students choose medicine or pre-med as a career to help save people, but the challenges interns interfere with are their personal life and education. At first, the interns were excited about their future and then over time they became tired and damage in certain ways; Tom Tarter was one of the interns that had to go through their medical education, internship, and family life at 21 years old.
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Grey’s Anatomy is a medical drama that encompasses the professional and personal lives of interns and residents as they strive to become surgeons. The beginning of the series focuses on one intern, Meredith Grey, who is taking part in the residency program at Seattle Grace Hospital. Throughout the seasons the backgrounds, and aspirations of the characters are explored, while following their present day lives. The series is based off of the doctors everyday lives, but concerns itself mostly with their personal lives, using their professional lives as a backdrop to character development. The medical cases aid the plot of the series most often by the patients saying things that relate back to the dilemmas the characters are going through. This along with the relationships between colleagues connects work to personal life, often mixing professional and private relationships into one.
...nted for since her physical aesthetics have been predetermined by her critics as the touchstone offering that is paramount to her existence, her soul means to be placed on a higher pedestal for admiration by the masses.
Surgeons have a lot on their plate when it comes to their work. Surgeons are doctors who are specialized in certain surgeries and operations. While being a surgeon there are many subspecialties that one surgeon could pursue (Field). Surgeons will diagnose and treat patients depending on their condition. They will perform a variety of surgeries on the every single part of the human body (“Surgeon”). It’s important for a surgeon to know everything about a patient’s medical history so they can perform their job to the best of their ability and also decide whether or not the patient needs surgery. They also ...