Character Analysis Of The Movie 'The Doctor'

The nurse should have never allowed the doctor to proceed in that state. If she would have stopped him the injuries to Mr. Hicks would not have happened. No doctor should ever be allowed to operate in that state he was in at that time. Not only is it dangerous it in ethically wrong of the doctor to perform such a reckless act.

Madeline should go to the hospital ethics committee and ask for advice on how to address the ethical problem.

When authors write medical narratives, they have to play the role of a doctor by using metaphors to explain to the readers what is happening to the

As time goes on, there are small clues as to what is exactly happening. “You may feel a tugging sensation at your ankles.” “He feels discomfort in his gut.” “I’m afraid we are going to have to stop talking now.” “I’m afraid you are going to have to stop blinking now.” The chapter then describes the conversation held between the surgeons. From what is written, the reader gets the sense that there is no care for the patient. Talking about the games, making simple jokes as if the boy was not there. “Did you see yesterday’s

University Hospital is a well known hospital with a level 1 trauma treatment center for the tri-county area of a northwestern state, the hospital enjoys the fact they are known for their promising reputation among healthcare professionals and the public they serve. Jan Adams is an OR supervisor that has been working there for ten years, as a professional she makes surgeons follow protocol as required and enjoys working with trauma patients. One Friday night, which is the busiest day of the week for the trauma department; the unit was notified that a helicopter was on its way with a 42 year old man who had been in a car accident. Shortly after the patient arrived to the trauma center, the resident and other medical staff noted that he was in very bad physical conditions, needed immediate surgery or otherwise he was going to die. The issue was that the on call surgeon had to be present during the surgery and had not yet arrived, but regardless of the matter and protocol they proceeded with medically treating the patient immediately. The concern is that in doing so they violated medical procedures and put the patients safety at risk, this lead to a long list of ethical issues for example, patient well-being, impaired healthcare professional, adherence to professional codes of ethical conduct, adherence to the organization’s mission statement, ethical standards, and values statements, management’s role and responsibility, failure

Also, whether there was collaboration between facility members to ensure quality care. More issues would be whether examinations were thorough and tests were analyzed before discharging the patient. The moral issue at stake in this case is if the facility believes they did the right thing or not. For example, the physician could not recall what instructions he gave Kelly’s father, but he did nothing to clarify the situation, he just gave the father a business card as if that would suffice for his inability to remember the instructions he assigned (Pozgar,

The turning point of the story is when the doctor started to act mean towards the little girl, and thinking to himself how he enjoyed it. The little girl knocking his glasses off and trying to claw at his eyes was probably the final straw for him. All he was trying to do was help her, and all she was doing was making it even more difficult. In my opinion I believe she was the reason he began to enjoy acting mean towards her, so his thoughts could have been and probably were a normal thought of someone who was trying to do their job, and just got stuck with a difficult patient.

From the story, William depicts the difficulties that people have towards separating their emotions and standards. The doctor’s behavior towards the girl and the young patient’s reaction emphasizes the subject of this discussion. However, the use of ethos, the narrator portrays his character as a credible doctor in the story. The character of both the patient and the doctor reveal a plausible issue comparable in real life. During this period there is and epidemic of diphtheria, which worsens the situation forcing the doctor to take aggressive measures in treating his patient. Revealed through his words, the doctor first tries kindness; “Awe, come on, I coaxed, just open your mouth wide and let me take a look.” (Williams, 1984) However, the reaction from the girl is repulsive, forcing the doctor to be firm. The young girl’s character shows the conflict of her role as a patient and that of her personality. This is revealed by the fact the she is spoiled and

And the fact he deemed it unnecessary to speak to the patient is a huge violation of the doctrine of consent and portrayed him to be an insufficient health leader by not following the guidelines put forth in all hospitals to abide by to ensure it’s best to the patients. His incompliant ways can affect the future of the hospital putting in jeopardy many jobs and lives.

Although Dr. Sacks does not understand medically why Dr. P behaves this way, he still has compassion for his patient which is shown by the way he describes Dr. P’s emotions. He writes, “Such incidents multiplied, causing [Dr.P] embarrassment, perplexity, fear.” (Sacks 8). As a reader I have compassion for Dr. P because I know what it is like to have the emotions of embarrassment, perplexity and fear, so I am able to be placed within his position. He writes Dr.P’s emotions throughout the text, to make you feel as if your in the story and meeting Dr. P. Such emotions include, amusement, indifference, (10), unclarity.

In the 1991 film The Doctor, we are led through the life journey of a heart surgeon, Jack McKee. After being faced with terrible news regarding a malignant tumor on his vocal cords, Jack 's experiences as a patient for the first time changes his perspective of how he views the world, as well as treating patients as a whole. Through this journey we see a huge transition in Jack 's demeanor as the roles are switched and he sees through the lives of his patients.

One unethical practice that was seen a lot in this show was the lack of confidentiality. All the workers in the practice talked

For example when Dr. Mackee went and helped Mr. Richards get his keys out of his locked car. Dr.Mackee didn’t have to go help him, Dr. Mackee could have walked away an said “ I'm not going to help him he's suing our practice” but he didn't. After Dr. Mackee got cancer his personality changed and he started acting differently towards his patients. The theme of this movie is ethical because of the way Dr. Mackee changed his mood when he knew how it felt to be the patient, being the one that goes under the knife. Dr. Mackee made the theme of this movie more realistic. The theme of this movie I believe to be is ethical and I wouldn't change my opinion about

During the home health observation day, there were several opportunities to observe a variety of patients with varying levels of functioning ability, different illnesses, and different needs and levels of interaction with the nurse. The first patient seen was a seventy-three year old Caucasian female with an ulcer on her right heel. Several weeks prior, she had scratched her left leg and she also had several small wounds on her left leg. The orders were to clean and redress the ulcer. She has a history of end stage renal disease, pneumonia, weakness, diabetes, dialysis, and right hip fracture. Upon entering the home, the patient was found to be sitting in a wheel chair in the living room watching television with her husband close by her side. She greeted the nurse with a smile and began to update her on her current condition. Her heel was “hurting” and she rated her pain an 8 on a scale of 1 to 10. She also had some “swelling” that she could not “get to go away; because, she could not get up and walk. They need to fix my foot so that I can get up and get around.” She told the nurse that she had been to see the doctor “yesterday” and the doctor had given her a written order that she wanted her to see. The order was written for an evaluation for a soft pressure shoe fitting. The nurse read the order to

This can be read as a key ethical question to many healthcare case studies because of the errors and situations that occur. One of the explanations for this occurrence may be the overwhelming workload, chaotic environment and lack of individual attention prescribed to each patient. These issues can cause a disruption to the ethical principle of Beneficence. The principle of Beneficence calls to action the act of helping others and having compassion for the patients. This principle can be threatened when a doctor or caretaker is overworked and unable to effectively manage the series of patients and work they are assigned to take on. I believe that the admitting doctor did not initially catch the error of not calling for the specific drug need because he was more focused on getting Mr. Londborg stable and on the medication to treat his initial and present condition before worrying about the preventative medication. In addition, the doctor was so focused on helping everyone all at once that he was blind to the small details and loose ends that needed to be taken care