DummyByul

i mean yeah, she does but it takes a lot of effort to notice. We can see it bc we are viewers but if we put ourselves in the place of the patients, they wouldn't know that. She is subtle, but subtlety doesn't make you look compassionate esp if you work in healthcare.

In the jdrama, the mc actually still converse, connect and build rapport to her pt. In this version, KJW's character watches the pt from outside the room, touches/feel their heartbeat after surgery, and visiting them while they are asleep. Yes as a viewer that could be labeled as compassion, but if you are a patient, i would prefer my doctor to talk to me. This is why we healthcare workers do actually take seminars on how to deal with our patients, bc aside from medications and procedures, interactions does actually impact the overall health and cooperation of our patients.

As someone who works in the OR.. yes these type of Doctors (the annoying male characters in this drama) does exist. It may not be as dramatic as this is but they do exist. And yes hospital politics overshadows the doctors/surgeon's competence. Some doctors may be actually skillfull but they are overshadowed by the greed to rise up the ladder, forgetting the skills they actually have. And some doctors actually lack a bit of skills but got the big ego to do things bc of hospital politics. And yes, some doctors do actually look down on nurses esp in the OR, it may not be as prevalent in other countries like the US, but in countries in Asia where hierarchy exist it may be abused to this level.

One thing, I might say, it's a refreshing way to have a mc that frankly says what she wants to the fcked up situation but it was sad that they removed the compassionate side of the character from the original series. The mc in the jdrama had a human/compassionate side despite being unhinged.