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Do medical shows have a strong impact on...?

  • 22-07-2009 5:36pm
    #1
    PhysiologyRocks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,813 ✭✭✭


    Genuine question. Delete if inappropriate.

    Do medical documentaries seem to create/feed paranoia/hypochondriasis?

    I'm also wondering if medical dramas have any visible effect on patient expectations (e.g. House only ever seems to have one patient, Grey's is full of touchy-feely doctors who spend hours on end chatting to one patient, E.R. is ALWAYS dramatic, pharmacists, nurses and students rarely feature in most).

    And do you believe they give some future healthcare students/professionals the wrong impression? I know one or two who visibly attempt to emulate T.V. characters, which is mildly worrying.

    In a more general sense, do you believe they have had an impact on people's views?


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  • #2
    siobhank
    Closed Accounts Posts: 86 ✭✭siobhank


    um, well, my boyfriend watched one episode of Scrubs and was convinced he had leukaemia.
    They all go for the drama and impossible/rare occurrences to keep viewer interest but in reality I think we are all going to die of very mundane causes.
    Hypochondria is a bit like a fear of flying - sorry - I think your demise will most likely be a little LESS newsworthy ;)


  • #3
    GradMed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 161 ✭✭GradMed


    Medical shows can have a great influence on people's expectations. After watching Scrubs I decided to order Appletinis, they were not nice.:)

    Seriously though, I'm sure people's expectations are affected by what is portrayed in the media.


  • #4
    PhysiologyRocks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,813 ✭✭✭PhysiologyRocks


    GradMed wrote: »
    I decided to order Appletinis, they were not nice.:)

    Not a fan of those myself! On occasion I tell my friend to "Be extraordinary" but only because I know he hates it.

    I heard of someone being told by a patient that he was putting his stethoscope on backwards. Possibly T.V.-related. Don't know many other stories, but they prob. do exist.


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