Otlisno Summary

Doctors, one side of the coin they are viewed as the ones that can cure the sick with their knowledge, the ones that are supposed to help them get better. The other side they are feared and are avoided at all cost by some. Doctors have this bad reputation about them because sometimes they don’t even tell their patients what is wrong with them. Or the patients themselves don’t even question the doctors because they went to school and have a prestigious piece of paper. In “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot, she describes benevolent deception, which doctors had no trouble of doing in the mid-century, as the doctors keeping their patients in the dark. Other times were not even giving their patients a proper diagnosis. The

Often times people refuse to visit the doctor’s office because there is a lack of trust towards the idea of a physician rather than the physician herself. Health care has become dictated by economics and politics, which are fields people consider to be cold and calculating. So the field of healthcare has become one of distrust because it can be seen as an exchange of services and goods rather than a person caring and treating another. There are many rules and regulations that guide health care and in turn it becomes something that is denied for some, which feeds into that cycle of distrust.

Religion has been a controversial topic for people with conflicting beliefs regarding a spiritual figure. Some authors today tend to stay away from the topic of religion fearing criticism from readers who disagree with their religious beliefs. Victor Villaseñor’s book, Rain of Gold is a non-fictional book that looks at the progression of the lives of Lupe and Juan who originated in Mexico. The book begins with Villaseñor describing the harsh condition in Mexico during a war that forced Lupe and Juan’s family to a journey to the United States. However, the journey was no simple task for the families. Even though Lupe and Juan come from different families, the similarities they had during their journey to the United States made

In the case of Donald (Dax) Cowart, one can determine that the conflict is between Beneficence and Autonomy. The doctors were morally right in choosing to treat Donald despite his autonomy by using the principle of beneficence.

Nevil Shute is a very good author as he can take an extremely serious situation and change it into one that seems less important. In his book, On the Beach, he takes us into the story with his unique and specific ways which keep us interested. Nevil Shute criticizes society rapid increase in number of nuclear weapons, in light of the potential innocent victims, the potential chaos of society and inevitable painful end of human kind.

I have read the book Dracula published in 1887, by Bram Stoker. Jonathan Harker, a lawyer, travels to Transylvania in order to help his client count Dracula, who intends to immigrate to England and who needs Jonathan's help with the legal details. Harker is at first glance much impressed by the count but is soon creeped out by Dracula's ability to claim on walls, speak to wolves and by his lack of servants in his castle. Harker realises too late that he is being held as a prisoner and approximately escapes the castle with his life being on hold. The continuation of the book is written in different perspectives and contains telegrams, rapports and pieces of news articles.

In the book, A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, the reader can gather certain information about the story he told. The point of view of his story truly affects the reader’s understanding. Also, Beah included details that defined his experience and changed his life. He also wrote his memoir with an emotion that drove the story. (Conclusion)

The word “truth” can be interpreted numerous ways regarding different situations and also the person that is telling the story. In the book, “ The Things They Carried”, Tim O’Brien wrote about his experience in the Vietnam War and how the war had impacted him and his fellow soldiers. Throughout the story, O’Brien begins to doubt himself and the accuracy of the story that he was telling. “ And then afterward, when you go to tell about it, there is always that surreal seemingness, which makes the story seem untrue, but which in fact represents the hard and exact truth as it seemed” (O’Brien 54). Knowing that everything might not be what it seemed, O’Brien began to realize that “fact” and “truth” are two different items.

How would you feel if you were in a horrible never ending nightmare concentration camp where people are dying all around you and you are forced to do hard labour? In the book I Have Lived A Thousand Years by Livia Bitton-Jackson that’s mostly what this book is about. Elli the main character who is a 13 year-old girl who in the book is in a concentration camp in Auschwitz called Plaszow with her family and is in a desperate attempt to survive. All throughout the book Elli and her family go through a series of tragic events that test her strength and perseverance. This book is a perfect example of the theme finding light in the darkness.

Empathy is defined as the ability to feel the emotions of another person or character. This ability aids us in forming emotional attachments and being more compassionate with others. Authors, advertisers, and politicians may use our natural ability to empathise to get people to form attachments to characters or sway our opinion. Gabriel García Márquez’s autobiography, Living to Tell the Tale, his short story, ‘‘Tuesday Siesta’’ and John Steinbeck’s fiction novel, The Grapes of Wrath, all strive to affect the reader on an emotional level. Both novels try to play to the reader’s empathy in different ways. The excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath uses a story about a family moving to California during the Great Depression and the hardship of acquiring food along the way to appeal to the empathy and compassion of the reader. But even with this saddening narrative, ‘‘Tuesday Siesta’’ and the first chapter of Living to Tell the Tale gives the reader a far more

I believe that our patients have many basic rights that must always be provided, and must always be upheld. Our ethical duty as healthcare professionals ensure that we must give our patients these basic rights so we can provide the highest level of care possible. These basic rights include, privacy, respect, and also patients should be given the opportunity to give informed consent, among many other things.

When we hear stories about how the doctor ambulated the wrong leg or left surgical tool around in the patient’s body, we indeed think, how could such a person be a doctor? Did he or she not reflect the mistake? In the chapter, “When Good Doctor Go Bad,” Dr. Gawande provide the story of a former orthopedic surgeon, Hank Goodman. Hank Goodman used to be highly respected and sought-after surgeon. However, after he had become increasingly busy working on ceaseless surgeries, his work become sloppy and careless. He made the unacceptable mistakes to his patients but he never really cares. The amount of money Dr. Goodman made became his measure of worth. As a result, he burned out. I feel that if I work for so many hours a week, performing never-ending surgeries and seeing patients, I probably will also burn out and feel stress.

The machinery in the hospital allows for the patients perceptions and view of the world and society to appear unnatural. For example in Chief’s dream, when pPlastic is disemboweled, rust, not blood, spills out, revealing that the hospital destroyed not only his life but his humanity

“The Adventure of the Speckled Band” is one of fifty-six Sherlock Holmes shorts written by Arthur Conan Doyle. This short story follows Holmes and his assistant, Dr. John Watson, on their journey to solve a case for their client Helen Stoner. Helen’s case revolves around the mysterious death of her twin sister which inevitably caused Helen to fear for the safety of her own life. In this story, Holmes’ believed that “doctors make the greatest criminals.” Holmes’ statement is entirely conclusive, Holmes himself stated: “When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge.” Doctors make the greatest criminals for many reasons. Doctors are highly intelligent and very knowledgeable of the human anatomy. In

The Odyssey written by Homer is a hero’s story based on the character Odysseus. Odysseus fought among the other Greek heroes at Troy and struggled to return to his kingdom in Ithaca. The story is his ten-year journey home and all of the obstacles he has to overcome. The major themes of the book include perseverance, determination, hospitality, pride, and suffering. The narrator speaks in the third person as if he already knows the story. The story brings you through many emotions, a roller coaster of success, and through the mind of Odysseus.