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The Movie Wit Analysis

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An English Professor Vivian Bearing has spent her years interpreting metaphysical poetries. She is a person with a good intellect but is very distant with the students. At the start of the movie, she was having her check up with a doctor wherein she was diagnosed with a stage four metastatic ovarian cancer. She was also aware that there is no stage 5 of the disease. A doctor in the oncology department who is Dr. Kelekian wants Vivian to take a full dose of the chemotherapy for 8 months. Although he warns Vivian to be strong enough and reserve her inner courage in the treatment that will take a very long course, I think this kind of treatment is very painful enough for a person to bear. Having said so, she tries to remain impassive and tolerant …show more content…

As seen in the movie, she had undergone different tests, physical exams, diagnostics and treatments. According to the Principle of Human Dignity, every human being has an inner worth and inherent dignity. In this movie it was seen that she was treated as a specimen under research and not as a human being, especially when they do extensive medical procedures for the patient even though they are aware that continuing the treatment may even compromise not just her personal right but also her bodily function. Moreover, since this is an Experimental Research we have to consider that in doing such, medical professionals must proceed with reverence for every person and environment at risk. Basically the treatment that was offered to Vivian provide no reassurance that she will get better in her course of illness, instead Vivian feels so weak that her immune system gets more complicated and compromised resulting in a reverse isolation for …show more content…

In Non-maleficence, we have to avoid harm whether our action is intentional or non-intentional; thus medical professionals must have a well formed conscience in doing such risky procedure for the client. In doing an act of non-maleficence for the patient, you also abide in the Ethical Principle of Beneficence wherein you do good things for the patient out of your

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The late 19th century consisted of rigid work hours for children, the growth of strikes, and the use of yellow journalism. It was a challenging time for anyone below the upper class to live in. This is demonstrated throughout Newsies, a Broadway Musical displaying the challenges from this time period. Child labor, a major part of the movie, was the way of life and consisted of young children doing hard work as a vital part of the nation’s economy and income of families of the time. Another part of the movie, strikes, were the people’s way of refusing to work as a result of not getting their desires.

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O Brother Where Art Thou? is a film that will take you on a perilous journey with Ulysses Everett McGill and his simpleminded cohorts. This film may be set amidst the early 1930’s Great Depression era, but it still has a Homer’s Odyssey feel to it. Down in the dusty and highly racial south, Everett recruits a couple of dimwitted convicts, Pete Hogwallop and Delmar O’Donnell, to help him retrieve his lost treasure and make it back home before his wife marries another suitor.

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In spite of what she said, he still sent her to rest and he quickly realized her concern about resting: “she threw up her meals undigested, and was manifestly worse…sometimes the [vomiting] was mere regurgitation, sometimes there was nausea and violent straining, with consequent extreme exhaustion” (Mitchell 245). Yet another example of how highly doctors thought of themselves. He did not even give a second thought to her comment and asked her to rest in spite of her pleading. As a result, she ended up in worse condition than when she started

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I found this movie interesting because I agree with what the film implied on how all patient share a commonality called vulnerability. In the movie Wit, you are allowed a peek into the medical world that shows disregard for humanity. The film revolves around an English professor, Vivian Bearing, being diagnosed with stage four ovarian cancer, the treatment, and how her professional status is taken away for being a patient. A major theme of this movie is dependency on others by chronicling Vivian 's trial treatment and it allows the viewers a peek into the world of a patient dying from cancer. After watching the film, I noticed that there were a lot of significant moral issues, which correlates with the nursing profession.

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Furthermore, treatment in the movie is portrayed both in realistic and non-realistic ways. Before a retired psychologist sends Susanna to the hospital, he makes it seem like hospitalization is the only option for her. The psychologist claims that she “need[s] a rest” and that she is “hurting everyone around [her].” Not only are there plenty of options for treatment, this makes it seem like the treatment is not for Susanna, but for her loved ones. Treatment

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The movie Wit (Bosanquet & Nichols, 2001) focuses on Dr. Vivian Bearing, an English professor who is diagnosed with an aggressive form of ovarian cancer. It chronicle’s Vivian’s experiences with her health care team up until her death. Throughout the movie her doctors, Doctor Kelekian and his fellows, most notably Jason, make many errors while treating Vivian. They communicate with Vivian in ways that make her feel overwhelmed and uncomfortable, violate ethical principles by ignoring her autonomy and not sharing critical information about her health with her, and failing to addressed her spiritual needs. Vivian’s nurse, Susie, does her best to care for Vivian.

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