When I was twelve years old, my grandma was living with me and my family for about one year. There were times where she would get really bad stomach aches and completely throw up all the food she would eat. She could even drink water and still throw it up. We did not understand why this was happening and started getting worried. But apparently she was dealing with this randomly even in Ghana. So we would rush her to the hospital and just hope there was a solution to what was going on. She would stay in the hospital for at least a week. The whole time she was there, all I could think of was how I can help. It made me anxious, sad, and worried seeing my grandma going through this, but I still remained strong and would just pray and hope for the best. It seemed to me that those around me, particularly my family, were more fearful of what might happen than I was. I trusted the abilities of doctors and that they would take care of her. Now that I’m older I fear sickness in a …show more content…
With better medical care and public health efforts, the rate of individual and population aging has accelerated in recent years. Therefore, while chronic diseases and illnesses are more prevalent in older adults, poor health is not an inevitable consequence of aging. I was honored to learn so much in the public health field. I am eager to continue this sort of research as I pursue my medical career. The intersection of medicine, psychology, and socialization or culture is quite fascinating and is a field that is in need of better research. I feel there is a still a tendency in medicine to treat diseases the same way no matter whom the patient is. We are slowly learning that procedures and drugs are not always universally effective. Not only must we alter our care of patients depending upon these cultural and social factors, we may also need to alter our entire emotional and psychological approach to them as