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I thoroughly enjoyed reading your forum post because I also loved the structure of Tweedy’s narrative. He describes personal anecdotes and then utilizes statistics to support his stories, while also leading the narrative into issues of racial disparities. I feel that doctors must care for each patient on an individual basis and disregard socioeconomic or racial identifications, as the most optimal care puts the patient’s health and comfort over everything else. However, this is a very hard thing to accomplish because social and economic factors do play a huge role in the process of receiving care. Keep up the great work!
I agree that Tweedy has opened my eyes to the racial disparities in healthcare and I have also never given much thought to what occurs inside of my local hospital. I loved reading your forum post, as I also found it very meaningful that doctors commit to patients that would otherwise have no access to healthcare. I also have heard many great things about Grady hospital, yet I never realized the dedication these doctors show every day. Keep up the great work!
This is a fantastic forum post and I really enjoyed reading your analysis on Leslie’s life. You did a great job relating it to structural competency and other topics discussed in class. I loved the personal anecdote you provided and the insights you provided about supporting people with drug abuse, or lack thereof. I also feel that we should perceive drug abuse as a disease, rather than a moral decision that does not warrant medical treatment. I feel that drug abusers are very likely to also suffer from mental disorders and that supportive treatment is essential to their recovery and detox. This was a very great forum post. Keep up the great work!
This is a wonderfully crafted forum post and I completely agree that this book is very insightful in regards to the complex racial issues that are evident in the medical community. I also would have felt very sad and demoralized if one of my professors thought I was a technician instead of a medical student. I know that has to bring down a person’s self-esteem and question whether or not they belong in medical school. I have noticed implicit racial biases in some of my stem classes, as professors will describe a disorder as primarily evident in black people. Also, professors will mostly call on white people to answer questions, especially in regards to racial-oriented questions. You did a fantastic job of analyzing Tweedy’s insight on the implicit racism of institutions and people, whether intentional or not. Keep up the great work!
I really like the comparison you made between Poe’s “The Masque of the Red Death” and the current Coronavirus pandemic. People who are still going out in public and in large groups do not understand how severe the pandemic could become in these upcoming weeks. Likewise, the wealthy prince did not believe the “Red Death” was extremely dangerous. He should not have had a party in the abbey, rather they should have quarantines themselves with no large events. Furthermore, people who go out with large groups are putting their friends and families at great risk of COVID-19, just as the prince put his nobles at risk by allowing the “Red Death” to enter the abbey.
