HW 31 - Comments 3

To Elizabeth

''The oldest definition was recorded around 1200 meaning, 'morally evil'"
When I read this it reminded me of how people used to think that if someone was sick that they were possessed by the devil or some evil spirits.

To Javon 

I liked how you discussed a very basic part of illness and dying. Families response. "Before this Interview I could have imagined that my brother being that he is so young would have been more affected and more hurt by the death of his mother than my grandmother was."

HW 30 - Illness & Dying - Culminating Experiential Project

The goal of my project was to further examine the differences between allopathic and homeopathic health care. When we discussed the dominant discourse we looked at acupuncture as less commonly thought of as the normal health care. For my project I focussed on the healthcare aspect of illness and dying. As the illness part is usually avoided through some form of health care. Over a long weekend I chose to interview people who work for different types of health care. One is a doctor who specializes  in dealing with premature new borns and the other is a acupuncture student approaching the end of her education. The doctor was to represent the dominant social practices and the acupuncture therapist was to represent the un-dominant social practices. 

In the movie Sicko by Michel More he discussed primarily the downfalls of United States insurance companies. He discusses doctors being forced to abandon there values because of the insurance companies. He shows the negative only (not that there is much of a positive).After seeing Sicko I was shocked to see that these insurance companies usually pay for acupuncture. "They look at it as preventive health care." That seemed to strongly appose the evil portrayal of the health care companies in Michel Mores  movie.  

During my interview with the doctor I saw that she had struggled with health insurance companies. Yet usually the insurance companies deal with the patients parents after the procedures have been done. I asked her if she has ever encountered a patient whose insurance company refused to pay for a necessary treatment. She responded yes and said you can usually fight back. 

For some reason i was under the impression that homeopathic and allopathic clashed more then they actually do. Both the doctor and the acupuncture student accepted that their profession dealt with different aspects of health. The acupuncture therapist said that acupuncture and chinese medicine is great for preventive health care but "will never cure cancer." she says that acupuncture is great for pain relief. From the interviews I concluded that the two aspects do not necessarily need to follow the Homeopathic Vs Allopathic attitude. 

HW 29 - Reading and noting basic materials

international health care:

Sicko 

This country has so much pride for our democratic ways that have given us our world power status. Sense the beginning of the country immigrants have come here with the hope of passing on our democracy security to the next generation. For many countries universal health care came with their democracy. The film sicko by created by michel more demonstrates our countries health care compared to Canada, Cuba, United kingdom and france. These nations all have free, socialized, government funded, health care.

Although we did not see the section of Sicko filmed in cuba i chose to watch it on my own time. We did not watch this part in class because (I think) michel moor discusses how he wants "to be treated like Al-Qaeda." This part showed uninsured 911 first responders receiving medical care from doctors of another country. These people were sobbing at the generosity of the medical personal. Michel more reefers sarcastically to cuba as a, "godforsaken third world country" Then latter reveals the service it does to its people. Michel more does a good job in using music, tone and sarcasm to show his point.

I was first confronted with the idea of universal healthcare when i was on an 8th grad trip to costa rica and i got a flew. I had a 102 degree fever and a sour throat for a weak. I went to the doctor and they did not ask to see anything. Not my health care card or passport or social security or anything but my name. I got prescribed antibiotics for free. This treatment was free for me because I am and was under 18.

Effect of dieting on family:

Everyones process of ding is different. When family of Jamaica Kincaid brother was dieting it brought them closer together. She began to admit that she loves him. It is a wonderful demonstration of the different ways death can be interpreted. It proves that in the end we all end up dead. Jamaica Kincaid showed the process of her brother dieting. "I loved him" she admits. 

Effect of dieting on loved ones:

Everyones process of ding is different. When family of Jamaica Kincaid brother was dieting it brought them closer together. She began to admit that she loves him. It is a wonderful demonstration of the different ways death can be inturpreted. It proves that in the end we all end up dead. Jamaica Kincaid showed the process of her brother dieting. "I loved him" she admits. 

international health care:

Sicko 

This country has so much pride for our democratic ways that have given us our world power status. Sense the beginning of the country immigrants have come here with the hope of passing on our democracy security to the next generation. For many countries universal health care came with their democracy. The film sicko by created by michel more demonstrates our countries health care compared to Canada, Cuba, United kingdom and france. These nations all have free, socialized, government funded, health care.

Although we did not see the section of Sicko filmed in cuba i chose to watch it on my own time. We did not watch this part in class because (I think) michel moor discusses how he wants "to be treated like Al-Qaeda." This part showed uninsured 911 first responders receiving medical care from doctors of another country. These people were sobbing at the generosity of the medical personal. Michel more reefers sarcastically to cuba as a, "godforsaken third world country" Then latter reveals the service it does to its people. Michel more does a good job in using music, tone and sarcasm to show his point.

I was first confronted with the idea of universal healthcare when i was on an 8th grad trip to costa rica and i got a flew. I had a 102 degree fever and a sour throat for a weak. I went to the doctor and they did not ask to see anything. Not my health care card or passport or social security or anything but my name. I got prescribed antibiotics for free. This treatment was free for me because I am and was under 18.

HW 29 - Reading and noting basic materials

international health care:

Sicko 

This country has so much pride for our democratic ways that have given us our world power status. Sense the beginning of the country immigrants have come here with the hope of passing on our democracy security to the next generation. For many countries universal health care came with their democracy. The film sicko by created by michel more demonstrates our countries health care compared to Canada, Cuba, United kingdom and france. These nations all have free, socialized, government funded, health care.

Although we did not see the section of Sicko filmed in cuba i chose to watch it on my own time. We did not watch this part in class because (I think) michel moor discusses how he wants "to be treated like Al-Qaeda." This part showed uninsured 911 first responders receiving medical care from doctors of another country. These people were sobbing at the generosity of the medical personal. Michel more reefers sarcastically to cuba as a, "godforsaken third world country" Then latter reveals the service it does to its people. Michel more does a good job in using music, tone and sarcasm to show his point.

I was first confronted with the idea of universal healthcare when i was on an 8th grad trip to costa rica and i got a flew. I had a 102 degree fever and a sour throat for a weak. I went to the doctor and they did not ask to see anything. Not my health care card or passport or social security or anything but my name. I got prescribed antibiotics for free. This treatment was free for me because I am and was under 18.