The Painful Death Every year around the US, thousands of people are diagnosed with different types of cancer and treated with chemo. Unfortunately, not every cancer facility gives their patients the privacy they are entitled to and the respect they deserve. After viewing the film Wit (Bosanquet et al., 2001), Dr. Vivian Bearing, a professor and scholar of 17th century poetry, is violated in many ways as she progressed through stage 4 ovarian cancer and up to her final days to her painful death (Bosanquet et al., 2001). In this evaluative essay, various topics are touched and evaluated including: (a) communication in the medical facilities, (b) patient advocacy, (c) respect toward the patients, and (d) the various stages that Dr. Vivian goes
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Vivian Bearing was already being treated as an experiment by the primary treating physician, Dr. Harvey Kelekian, and not as a cancer patient (Bosanquet et al., 2001). Harvey told Vivian that she had cancer, but did not explain the severity in simple terms and heavily pushed the idea of her trying the new experimental treatment for her type of cancer. Once Vivian was admitted, she was sitting on her bed and she mentioned she regretted not asking more questions before accepting the treatment. The display of concern was already a direct reflection of the bad communication the doctors were about to impose on Vivian for the remainder of her life. Dr. Jason Posner, an intern under Dr. Kelekian, at one point performed a pelvic exam on Vivian. During the exam, Jason obviously found something that was not right and made a surprised facial expression. Vivian was making direct eye contact at that very moment, but Jason, the unprofessional medical doctor that he already has portrayed, just …show more content…
Susie was the only person that was very professional and had a caring heart towards Vivian and was a true example of a patient advocate (Bosanquet et al., 2001). Susie respected Vivian as a person and not an experiment, she would go above and beyond for her patient no matter what the situation. Susie had brought up the idea of lowering the chemo dosage to Dr. Kelekian, but instead, the doctor refused and wanted to pursue the experimental full dosages. Dr. Kelekian had no remorse of Vivian’s thoughts or feelings, but instead was ready to reach a milestone with the experimental dosages of chemo in a human cancer patient. Susie at a different point in Vivian’s treatment, strongly suggested that the doctors prescribe a patient controlled analgesic pump so that Vivian could control her pain medication when she felt she needed it the most. Once again, the doctors refused and assumed that a morphine drip was better for Vivian without even considering or even asking what the patient wanted. One of the hardest scenes to engulf was when Vivian finally lost her heart beat and lay lifeless on her bed. Jason came to check on her and the famous words were mentioned again, “How are you feeling?” Jason was so used to not listening to his patient, he did not even notice she was gone until he checked her pulse. Trying to save the research and experimental test subject, he called a code blue to
Vivian Bearing was already being treated as an experiment by the primary treating physician, Dr. Harvey Kelekian, and not as a cancer patient (Bosanquet et al., 2001). Harvey told Vivian that she had cancer, but did not explain the severity in simple terms and heavily pushed the idea of her trying the new experimental treatment for her type of cancer. Once Vivian was admitted, she was sitting on her bed and she mentioned she regretted not asking more questions before accepting the treatment. The display of concern was already a direct reflection of the bad communication the doctors were about to impose on Vivian for the remainder of her life. Dr. Jason Posner, an intern under Dr. Kelekian, at one point performed a pelvic exam on Vivian. During the exam, Jason obviously found something that was not right and made a surprised facial expression. Vivian was making direct eye contact at that very moment, but Jason, the unprofessional medical doctor that he already has portrayed, just …show more content…
Susie was the only person that was very professional and had a caring heart towards Vivian and was a true example of a patient advocate (Bosanquet et al., 2001). Susie respected Vivian as a person and not an experiment, she would go above and beyond for her patient no matter what the situation. Susie had brought up the idea of lowering the chemo dosage to Dr. Kelekian, but instead, the doctor refused and wanted to pursue the experimental full dosages. Dr. Kelekian had no remorse of Vivian’s thoughts or feelings, but instead was ready to reach a milestone with the experimental dosages of chemo in a human cancer patient. Susie at a different point in Vivian’s treatment, strongly suggested that the doctors prescribe a patient controlled analgesic pump so that Vivian could control her pain medication when she felt she needed it the most. Once again, the doctors refused and assumed that a morphine drip was better for Vivian without even considering or even asking what the patient wanted. One of the hardest scenes to engulf was when Vivian finally lost her heart beat and lay lifeless on her bed. Jason came to check on her and the famous words were mentioned again, “How are you feeling?” Jason was so used to not listening to his patient, he did not even notice she was gone until he checked her pulse. Trying to save the research and experimental test subject, he called a code blue to