If I Infected Me

Almond faced many long, cold nights as a traveling doctor in the mountains of West Virginia. He would travel lengthy routes to get to his patients in his little rag top jeep. There would even be times when he would have to get out of his jeep and walk, or row to the patients home. Dr. Almond would receive frantic calls from families in the middle of the night, and he’d spring out of bed to try to get there as fast as he could. Doctors who did house calls get little rest; they had worked all day and then got up in the middle of the night to go help a patient. “Just as one day has ended, another one has begun. And thus it goes, day in, day out, for many of our friends who earned the title “Doctor”, and all that word portends.”

“nothing was worse for a nervous patient than to give way to such fancies”. Under her

In a particularly morbid display of irony, Huyler, an emergency room physician who has pledged to serve the health of humanity, wishes his comatose patient was dead. In “A Difference of Opinion,” Huyler is treating a patient who has been in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for over a month and showed little sign of improving. Due to the

In the next stanza, the poet describes “A figure walking towards cloaked in blue/ Beeping/ Tubes/ Needles.” The poem addresses the routinely and monotonous aspect of being in the hospital for long periods of time. It is a critique of the biomedical model and how the hospital system is created where patients are tended to by multiple doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals. The patients and healthcare professionals are unable to form a relationship that consists of what Kleinman describes as “empathetic witnessing” (Kleinman). Therefore, detachment between patient and health workers is developed and established, to which the patient cannot recognize or know the people assisting them. In addition, Grealy discusses this in her earliest accounts and appointments with doctors. She states that there is a layer of “condescension” and is an “endemic in the medical

Chapter 6 - “Oh, I do hope he is not ill. He surely would have written. I look at that last letter of his, but somehow it does not satisfy me. It does not read like him, and yet it is his writing. “ PG. 74

“When you arrived at these baths, searching for a cure, Memor summoned me to his villa as quickly as possible. When I entered the villa, I found Memor terrified. I was astonished. I had never seen Memor so frightened.

I wished beyond all reckoning that I could have helped my lady. I am no physician nor am I a healer. I should have sought help earlier, but who was there to talk to. I was too afraid to speak to my King, with his strange behavior and quick temper. I did not know what to do; I was not trained to deal with troubled minds only with troubled sheets.

that this physician here - Chillingworth he calls himself - is mined to try my cabin-fare with you. that this physician here - Chillingworth he calls himself - is mined to try my cabin-fare with you. that this physician here - Chillingworth he calls himself - is mined to try my cabin-fare with you. that this physician here - Chillingworth he calls himself - is mined to try my cabin-fare with

The patient's idea of the physician is in contrast to the narcissistic patient's contempt, and disregard for the physician, who is keeping a sense of superiority over illness. Only the most senior physician in

After Big Nurse’s disagreement, the patients propose that McMurphy should be sent to the Disturbed but once again Big Nurse disagrees. However, this time Kesey describes her expression as “She smiles around at all of them,” and by using “smile” which creates a paradox of her characteristics. Because the word “smiles” means being in a state of happiness or delight which makes her response extrinsic because such expression is unexpected from an authoritative and cruel figure as Big Nurse. Kesey does this so Big Nurse catches the patients off guard creating an opening for her to takeover through the confusion caused by her expression. Going against her the proposal to send McMurphy to the Disturbed is an effective technique as she is leading them to think that McMurphy’s rebellious behavior is not as remarkable as they think it is. In addition, she furthers her credibility that she is still in control by asking “Would removing him undo the harm that he has done to our ward?” By asking a rhetorical question, it creates a direct confrontation by her that such action is unnecessary and will not solve the issue. Furthermore she adds on, “I believe if he were to be sent to the Disturbed … he would be a martyr,” and because “martyr” symbolizes a Christ like figure. By using it, Through Big Nurse, Kesey is emphasizing how

After giving the details of the injury, the author explains the interaction between the physicians, who took care of the man who was supposed to be the king of Spain. He tells the readers how Philip and his advisors gathered the most respectful and well-known doctors of the time, which among them were Dr. Vesalius and Dr. Daza Chacon. As the author explains, at the beginning of the injury the relationship between the doctors was healthy, the only issue between them was

A physician’s “filling and emptying” (186c, πλησμονὴν καὶ

his close relationship with the patient, he did not want to simply send the man to the

“The Meduse are not what we humans think. They are truth. They are clarity. They are decisive. There are sharp lines and edges. They understand honor and dishonor. I had to earn their honor and the only way to do that was by dying a second time.” (66).

Many individuals are afraid to get tested for HIV and are afraid of the stigma associated with HIV when disclosing their status to partners. They are often subject to their own psychological and other social stress which often hinders appropriate management of the infection. This is not always without reason as disclosure of an HIV status can lead to exclusion from ones family, friend-circle or dismissal from the workplace. However disclose to a family member, partner or friend can provide psychological and later physical support. Also the fear of individuals they love finding out that they are HIV positive may lead to anxiety or isolation. Non-disclosure can often affect healthcare and management of the persons’ disease as the fear of dependents finding out will require the individual to hide taking the medication and use personal funds to pay for treatment to avoid the medical insurance company from informing co-dependants (Alonzo & Renolds 1995).