The Woman In The Mirror Summary

A physician, just like the healers of the past, are concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments. Similarities still exist in that the medical practice properly requires both a detailed knowledge of the academic science based disciplines underlying diseases and their treatment – the science of medicine – and also a decent competence in its applied practice – the art or craft of medicine.

A patient is a human being. Illness disturbs biological, social, psychological elements that make the patient human. It is not enough to centre and diagnoses and decisions on scientific data and empirical fact; medicine is about much more. The focus of this paper is to make the argument that the practice of medicine is a discipline that requires human empathy as well as scientific data and empirical fact to establish diagnoses with emphasis on five components of the physician-patient relationship: patient’s experience of illness, physician-patient communication, and proficiency of end of life care, medical ethics and spiritual growth. This position will be supported through the film “Wit (Nichols & Brokaw, 2002)” through the character Vivian Bearing 's revelation that illustrates a patient’s struggle with death and in the process exposes the distinction between medicine and science.

A doctor’s mind and heart are very much involved in the patient’s road to recovery. Evidence in support of this statement is shown in William Carlos William poem “ The Red Wheelbarrow, and his essay “The Practice.” Also, in Jack Coulehan poems “The Man with Stars Inside Him, The Six Hundred Pound Man,” and the article “What’s a good doctor and how do you make one?” Individually, each reading and poem has expressed doctor’s emotions with their patients, and what characteristics have guided them into becoming a good doctor. The readings are a representation of how doctors are in fact remorseful when it comes to their patients. While reading these articles, I realize that doctors have been restricted to how much emotion they are allowed to show. All doctors have their weaknesses and their strengths, and they should be vocal about them especially when it comes to treating their patients.

The aide’s act of compassion left me speechless. I knew she was seeing the same grime and hopelessness; she smelled the same toxic aura. Yet, she gave her full self to that woman, and without any visible faltering. She made the patient feel encouraged, safe, and loved. She stepped forward and cared. I lay hidden – awed and humbled. As the pungent odor concomitantly ebbed, I could finally exhale. In that moment, she was a caregiver. I was just an undergraduate – a scared and cowardly undergraduate. I sank down, in my defeat and disappointment, realizing how much I had yet to learn about medicine.

It is narrow minded and myopic to think that only the sciences are prerequisite in producing compassionate, learned doctors. Some of the most respected physicians and scientists are as knowledgeable and engaged in Shakespeare and Mozart as they are in the anatomy of the human body or the chemistry of DNA.

From the time I was four years old, I sensed an expectation from my parents to become a doctor. I was to rise to the top of the ranks and conduct research to find cures for the greatest ailments. Using pieces of information I had picked up from my parents; two doctors I admired, I enjoyed watching medical television shows and pictured myself on Grey's Anatomy as a doctor who found the cure for cancer. Yet, there was always

The film “The Doctor” portrayed an important message, one we’ve been taught before but took on more impact when shown instead of just told. What I found especially interesting was the main character’s transformation as he abruptly experienced the shift from doctor to patient. Physician behavior toward patients that he formerly saw as justified due to his position, status, and skill became callous and arrogant once he experienced it from a patient’s point of view. Once he gained empathy for his patients by experiencing healthcare from their perspective, his behavior changed for the better and he began teaching others the same empathy that he acquired. The film demonstrated to me that actions one person views as harmless or simply efficient can take a much different appearance from another point of view. The film speaks to me because I can see how easy it would be to

Medicine is an expanding field that contains a variety of approaches to how it can be practiced. These ideals correspond to the Enlightenment in ways that help Doctor’s to think outside the box, further viewing a situation in a different light. This varying perspective

When my mother was taken to different doctors, the doctor that happened to have most success was also a person who had greatest curiosity and deepest compassion. I have always loved testing my ideas against the storm of contrary evidences. I have always changed my beliefs based on truth, when I am shown to be wrong. I have always taken comfort in being alone with a book, expanding my knowledge for the sake of itself. Above all, when confronted with a choice between narrow self-centeredness and liberal magnanimity, I have always chosen the latter, because it felt good being so, though many times I am have been labelled "naive". But in a larger sense, I believe that these traits and motivations are compatible with the preconditions for becoming a physician of substance. Bertrand Russell said that "a good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge". And I wish to have my professional life rest on this

The Caspersen School of Graduate Studies has introduced an MH program with the aims of connecting MH in the present day to the heritage of Renaissance humanistic traditions, and reviewing the history of MH from its beginnings to the current day. The program also includes social sciences and illustrates their relevance to medicine. It also covers major topics such as bioethics, literature and narrative methods, explores their origins and development, and highlights their relevance to medicine and health care [16]. The courses in the Drew MH program include:

From the early nineteenth century until modern day, the practice of medicine has evolved from a state of health quackery into a field noted for its dynamic attitudes, scientific prowess, and true progressiveness. History affected the course of medical practice in an influential and prospering way. Conversely, the improvements of medicine have also had an effect on certain historical events. The cycle of medicine building the future and the future building how people treat medicine, has been a key descriptor in the twenty-first century, but finds its base in many Victorian era practices. Beyond the evolution of the various medical technologies that people take for granted today, there has also been a change in the ethics and morals embodied by today’s doctors—from Hippocrates and the symbolism behind the caduceus (the universal symbol for healthcare, a snake wrapped around a staff) to the more controversial works of today (Dr. Kevorkian or the studies into fetal stem cells). Regardless of which aspect of medicine, studied, there is a general trend towards a longer, more prosperous life, minimal intrusion by hospitals, and a pain free existence; together these characteristics seem to coalesce into the cornerstone of all medicine.

Summary of Contents Simon Blackburn, a professor of philosophy who has worked at the University of Cambridge and the University of North Carolina explores self-love, self-esteem, pride, and integrity in his book Mirror, Mirror; The Uses and Abuses of Self Love. Blackburn uses references from Greek mythology, pop-culture, literature, and the history of philosophy in his essay. Self-love, he argues, is important when directed at a person’s abilities. But, self-love threatens to become over-bearing, particularly in society ruled by greed. Blackburn also references Kant, G. E. Moore, Christianity, and Aristotle.

Schweinle., 16). It is a very important border that the medical society has set to prevent doctors’ feelings interfere their work. If a doctor would be “sharing” feelings of suffer and pain of their patients, it could radically impact their professional skills and cold-mind, which are needed for a decision making. Yet Ellen D. Mandel and William E. Schweinle stated that empathy is one of fundamental skills of medical worker and is described as “a) an ability to understand the patient’s situation, perspective, and feelings, (b) communicate an accurate understanding, and then (c) act on the understanding in a therapeutic manner” (Mandel, Ellen D., and William E. Schweinle., 16). However, coming back to the oath of Hippocrates, it is intriguing that “the father of medicine” encouraged such a strong type of patient-doctor relationship while modern doctors fail to even provide empathy, which is a strongly suggested and wanted skill. (based on an institution as influential as Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) recommended that empathy should be integrated and assessed in medical students,)

As Hojat and his colleagues note, “Modern medical education promotes physicians’ emotional detachment, affective distance, and clinical neutrality as emphasized through a focus on the science of medicine 41491050 Zhou Yuan “Kieran” and a benign neglect of the art of patient care. . . . This educational approach contributes to an erosion of empathy among medical students, residents, and practicing

“MEDICAL ETHICs as a branch of general ethics must rest on the basis of religion and morality They comprise not only the duties but also the rights of a physician “ (American Medical Association, & New York Academy of Medicine 1848, page 5)