The movie Wit is a heartfelt drama that I would consider a must see for those aspiring to enter any field of medicine. The movie is centered around the main character, Vivian Bearing, a strict English professor who specializes in the 17th century British poetry of John Donne. The film begins with Vivian Bearing discussing with her physician, Dr. Kelekian, the course of treatment for her recent diagnosis of advanced ovarian cancer. Vivian agrees to participate in a very aggressive experimental treatment
Assessment of Wit In the movie Wit, Vivian Bearings is a well-known and accredited professor that teaches 17th century poetry. Vivian is diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer. She is convinced to try an experimental chemo treatment; which ends up failing. During the movie Vivian narrates her experience with her, chemo treatment, the medical staff, and the different stages of dying. Other supporting characters include Dr. Kelekian, the lead doctor who informed her of her diagnosis, Dr. Jason Posner
The movie “Wit” is a great educational tool for healthcare professionals in terms of dealing with terminally ill patients. It teaches that nurses and medical professionals should always remember that their patients are not a case nor illness nor experiment but rather human beings with souls and pains. Palliative care is one of the most disputed issues of worldwide importance. While bureaucrats in different countries are making laws on the use of palliative drugs, patients with excruciating pains
(Chukwuemeka Oti). We see this saying manifest itself in the play – Wit, by Margaret Edson. Here, the characters act like demi gods, from Vivian, the lead protagonist, to the Chief Medical Oncologist Dr. Kelekian, and Dr. Jason, the Clinical Fellow, to the Laboratory Technicians. Each act as though the world rested on their shoulders. Wit is defined as intelligence, mental soundness, ingenuity, acumen, thinker, intellect. The play describes wit further as wry, shrewd, full of itself, intelligent, and dangerous
Evaluative essay of the motion picture Wit In the movie Wit, Vivian Bearings is a well-known and accredited professor that teaches 17th century poetry. Vivian is diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer. She is convinced to try an experimental chemo treatment; which ends up failing. During the movie Vivian narrates her experience with her, chemo treatment, the medical staff, and the different stages of dying. Other supporting characters include Dr. Kelekian, the lead doctor who informed her of her diagnosis
Wit Movie Analysis What is nursing? According to Taylor, Lillis, & LeMone, 2015, the American Nurses Association (ANA) defines nursing as “the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations” (ANA, 2010) (p. ). This definition not only defines nursing, but it also incorporates the role of
First performed in 1995, Margaret Edson’s play, W;t (Wit) journeys into the mind of Doctor Vivian Bearing, a scholar of Donne’s Holy Sonnets and terminally ill cancer patient. In her final two hours of life, Bearing recounts and reflects upon her attempts to reconcile the disease, her impending death, and her life as a professor. Through Bearing’s story, Edson reveals how disability generates various types of pain. Moreover, this pain translates to “salvation anxiety,” a term Jason Posner, Bearing’s
experiments and not as human beings, this is seen especially in technologically advanced societies as exemplified in the movie Wit. In addition to this new problem, there are clear establishments of hierarchy between medical professionals such as Doctors and nurses as well as the emotional detachments with the patients which can lead to patients feeling left out and alone. In the movie Wit, Nurse Susie’s character in this movie was essential to display the importance of having the emotional support between
Wit Movie Analysis The film Wit shows us a number of instances of Foucault’s “medical gaze” through technology which is defined as a new way for the physicians to see their patients differently (Davies, 2016). Many physicians do not rely on what the patient has to say but goes by what technology has to say about the patient (Davies, 2016). Technology can be closely related to the following six categories, which are diseased body, health professions, hospital, state, capital and the patient. It is
Edson’s play, W;t (Wit) journeys into the mind of Doctor Vivian Bearing, a scholar of Donne’s Holy Sonnets and terminally ill cancer patient. In her final two hours of life, Bearing reflects upon her attempts to reconcile the disease and her impending death along with her life as a professor (Edson). Edson’s literature introduces us to the abstract concept of pain. While enlightening, words alone cannot sufficiently communicate the transcendental idea. Fortunately for us, Wit was adapted into a movie