House very educational

T Corolla

Do you think

mikhail

In what way do you mean?

I think it does illustrate the empiricism of science a lot better than most shows with anything like that in them, but is that enough to merit the tag, "very educational"?

T Corolla

Okay my thread was vague i see your point. personally i dont watch much tv but i am very into this series when they diagnoise patients they come up with various problems they come back right or wrong they keep trying and come up with other soloutions. Apart from Hugh Laurie who I think is a teriffic actor the three students are real and bring very little of there personal lives to the light and the focus remains on the getting patients better and not diluting the series with adding irrational parts of their private lives to take away from what the programme really is about. I looked up all the different diagnoises that have come up and they are quite deadly diseases that are rear and quite hard to heel. I think I went off the point at the start but I got there in the end watching season 2 episode 23 at the moment thanks for reading

Catari Jaguar

I like how the same medical conditions come up, maybe one week it's because of lead paint and then a few weeks later, similar symptoms and you go "Oh he got X because of the paint". Or you might know that it's liver failure or auto immune or whatever. Broadens the mind a little.

Glico Man

Lil Kitten wrote: »

I like how the same medical conditions come up, maybe one week it's because of lead paint and then a few weeks later, similar symptoms and you go "Oh he got X because of the paint". Or you might know that it's liver failure or auto immune or whatever. Broadens the mind a little.

But it's never Lupus! Ever:D

civis_liberalis

T Corolla wrote: »

Do you think

This is similar to the "CSI effect".

Complicated issues are discussed confidently by experienced actors (who likely have no clue about the subject) and in time viewers somehow believe that they have a meaningful understanding of a subject that requires many years of study and training to understand to a meaningful degree.

The CSI effect is something referred to by expert witnesses in court cases as; jurors questioning the opinion of forensic experts based on assumptions and "knowledge" drawn from watching too much prime-time crime drama.

I don't think House can be seen as educational as so many of the diseases and symptoms are ridiculously unlikely. One or two such cases in isolation would be plausible but considering the sheer volume... it can only serve to skew people's perception of the reality of medicine.

I'm not having a dig at the show, I'm a huge fan. If House stuck to more common diseases and the more common duties of a doctor in a hospital, it probably wouldn't be half as interesting or popular for that matter.

Also, lols @ Housecat MD

Calibos

I don't think House can be seen as educational as so many of the diseases and symptoms are ridiculously unlikely. One or two such cases in isolation would be plausible but considering the sheer volume... it can only serve to skew people's perception of the reality of medicine.

That kind of arguement can apply to the likes of Midsommer. ie. what is the likelyhood that there are so many murderers living in or passing through a little village in middle England for Bergerac to catch

It does not apply to House. He is the premier diagnostician in the US. All his patients are sent to him as a last resort by other doctors and hospitals from all over the country or he is even sought out by patients themselves based on his reputation. Its not like all these cases are people from the town where the hospital is situated and come in in the ambulance and are sent up from the emergency room downstairs. Its a bit like saying that it stretches the bounds of plausabilty that a heart surgeon sees so many people with cardiac problems. Surely a doctor would see loads of other problems like infections or kidney disease or dermatitus. Yeah a normal GP or hospital MD would but a heart surgeon see's only cardiac problems because he is a....heart surgeon. House is not a run of the mill doctor, he is a diagnostician. Hence he gets sent all the hard to crack medical cases with a lot of rare diseases that no one else in the country can diagnose.

witnessmenow

Very Educational, recently i learnt the the door of the fridge is not as cold as the middle and that putting big things at the bottom of the dish washer stops the top things from getting washed

looking_around

cherub rock wrote: »

I like how the same medical conditions come up, maybe one week it's because of lead paint and then a few weeks later, similar symptoms and you go "Oh he got X because of the paint". Or you might know that it's liver failure or auto immune or whatever. Broadens the mind a little.

Lol ..I was thinking the same thing, just recently caught up with the house series. (after hours and hours of watching daily :P..still have to watch the final episode though ...)
But, ya, it's always the same thing..and liver and kidney failure..and 'they'll die if we don't do this now' ..then suddenly he figures it out ..all it is is "this" and you'll be fine ..(in most eps. :rolleyes:)

Still great series, and to get back on topic...I wouldn't say it's educational ...:/

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witnessmenow wrote: »

Very Educational, recently i learnt the the door of the fridge is not as cold as the middle and that putting big things at the bottom of the dish washer stops the top things from getting washed

lol ...that was funny.. .. milk in the fridge door could lead it to going 'spoilt' :O , :P