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First, thanks CK for the loan of your House collection. I’m all caught up now although I find it somewhat ironic that I spent the last two weeks catching up on House episodes while waiting for a suspected dysfunctional gallbladder referral.
Chinks in House’s heart began with his belief the former team haunted him. A large chunk popped this time with the reality of the patient’s religious motives turning out to be true to form. Amber’s confessional came out of nowhere but it hit straight to the heart and right between the peepers. It showed a side of Amber that House didn’t know existed – a feminine side without agendas to hurt his friend. In the end, I felt that House, in his own quirky manner, actually acknowledged the patient’s religion as well as Wilson’s relationship with Amber.
Regarding the portrayal and actual indifference of certain people within the medical field, it is not all wrong yet it is not all right either. Those in the medical field need to sustain a certain amount of detachment from the patient. The heart cannot rule the head. This is why doctors cannot treat their family members’ illnesses. The close familial ties can cloud judgment by allowing the loss of objectivity, a crucial requirement when working in medicine with lives on the line.
Personally, I feel that religion within the actual medical process might not be a smart idea all the time or even in small doses. There is always the risk some “my god is better than your god” syndrome will crop up somewhere. In addition, some small cult-like religious zealots actually forbid modern medicine. Doctors should have emergent and immediate access to a judge and child advocate when dealing with zealot/cult-like religions in similar situations. We are already on the brink of losing useful antibiotics but when a parent refuses treatment in order to stop a small but dangerous infection from becoming some antibiotic-resistant superbug solely for the sake of religion, it is time to toss religion out the door and save the child.
The addition and inclusion of having a chapel within a hospital is the best ideal solution. It allows the hospital to offer religious leaders from all nearby faiths to come to the hospital to be with families in their religious manner without leaving the doctor tripping over well-meaning family members while attempting to save lives. Every hospital should have chapel, non-denominational so it is open to all, and contact if not an inclusion of access with religious leaders of many faiths for the broad span of religions to help all patients’ families if necessary.
Chinks in House’s heart began with his belief the former team haunted him. A large chunk popped this time with the reality of the patient’s religious motives turning out to be true to form. Amber’s confessional came out of nowhere but it hit straight to the heart and right between the peepers. It showed a side of Amber that House didn’t know existed – a feminine side without agendas to hurt his friend. In the end, I felt that House, in his own quirky manner, actually acknowledged the patient’s religion as well as Wilson’s relationship with Amber.
Regarding the portrayal and actual indifference of certain people within the medical field, it is not all wrong yet it is not all right either. Those in the medical field need to sustain a certain amount of detachment from the patient. The heart cannot rule the head. This is why doctors cannot treat their family members’ illnesses. The close familial ties can cloud judgment by allowing the loss of objectivity, a crucial requirement when working in medicine with lives on the line.
Personally, I feel that religion within the actual medical process might not be a smart idea all the time or even in small doses. There is always the risk some “my god is better than your god” syndrome will crop up somewhere. In addition, some small cult-like religious zealots actually forbid modern medicine. Doctors should have emergent and immediate access to a judge and child advocate when dealing with zealot/cult-like religions in similar situations. We are already on the brink of losing useful antibiotics but when a parent refuses treatment in order to stop a small but dangerous infection from becoming some antibiotic-resistant superbug solely for the sake of religion, it is time to toss religion out the door and save the child.
The addition and inclusion of having a chapel within a hospital is the best ideal solution. It allows the hospital to offer religious leaders from all nearby faiths to come to the hospital to be with families in their religious manner without leaving the doctor tripping over well-meaning family members while attempting to save lives. Every hospital should have chapel, non-denominational so it is open to all, and contact if not an inclusion of access with religious leaders of many faiths for the broad span of religions to help all patients’ families if necessary.
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