Dr. Gregory House isn't much of a role model either as a doctor or a human being. Not on my list of 'be sure to watch' - or more commonly, record and watch - still I found myself sitting glazed and unmoving in front of House reruns several times in the last few weeks.
I like the show in the same weird 'slowing for an accident' way I suspect is a large part of viewing CSI or NCIS. (Did texting come first or the other way around?)
There is this draw to those shows, and my personal favorite Cold Case, that goes beyond the story line and pulls me in via the group dynamics. It is the interplay of the ensemble that intrigues. Teamwork is represented in all its lively exchange, building on each other, agreeing, disagreeing, good feelings, bad feelings, sharing, withholding and successful glory. Our politics might be better if more politicians watched television.
Yet, House relies more on it's leader and the group doesn't quite make the teamwork definition with House in control. No, House appeals on a much more personal level. Any one of us who has had even the slightest illness, encountered the medical system or just worried about our health couldn't fail to recognize what House means to a patient. It's not his bedside manner you want in your life. You might want to punch him in the nose, but the next time you need a doctor you want one that is as persistent and as brilliant and successful as House.
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Saturday, March 7, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Moving On...Dr. Michael Rooney
Being retired with a new, challenging occupation myself I guess I should look on the retirement of Dr. Michael Rooney, oncologist extraordinaire, and his move to teaching others as a positive transformation. And if he brings his quiet passion to his new work, it will be all that and more.
But I will miss the doctor to whom patients felt such loyalty; the recipients of his warmth and caring treatment in the toughest of fights: cancer.
Yes, I too have heard horror stories of doctors who don't test because you are too young to have cancer, who don't test because you are too old to treat, who dismiss fears as unfounded therefore not worthy of response, who fail to understand either the misery or urgency brought on by a cancer diagnosis. And while believing each tale, I also believe most doctors do or want to provide the best care and in the most supportive manner.
Perhaps, as beloved as he was treating patients, Dr. Rooney will make an even larger mark on patient care by teaching others his calm, thoughtful and unhurried support for the stricken patient struggling to make sense of a diagnosis, to make treatment decisions and all the while wandering the emotional turf of shock, anger and fear.
But I will miss the doctor to whom patients felt such loyalty; the recipients of his warmth and caring treatment in the toughest of fights: cancer.
Yes, I too have heard horror stories of doctors who don't test because you are too young to have cancer, who don't test because you are too old to treat, who dismiss fears as unfounded therefore not worthy of response, who fail to understand either the misery or urgency brought on by a cancer diagnosis. And while believing each tale, I also believe most doctors do or want to provide the best care and in the most supportive manner.
Perhaps, as beloved as he was treating patients, Dr. Rooney will make an even larger mark on patient care by teaching others his calm, thoughtful and unhurried support for the stricken patient struggling to make sense of a diagnosis, to make treatment decisions and all the while wandering the emotional turf of shock, anger and fear.
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