It's true, but in these two cases (his step mom & his son) he worried it will affect his emotion while he is doing…
I separate out fiction from real life here. The script created a angsty conflict between our leads for the sake of drama and that’s fine. But in real life, you can’t justify it.
We have doctors, nurses, pharmacists who have very strong beliefs and don’t want to treat certain patients or conditions. In some country like the US, abortion, contraceptives are now political/religious flashpoint in healthcare. This also includes treating LGBT community. People’s healthcare is already being negatively impacted because of discrimination, lack of access, inability to pay, etc, that it’s important to remember to deny treatment because of personal feelings/ biases/beliefs is a slippery slope. One day, this can be you or your family member being denied treatment if such behavior is allowed.
As far as personal relationships, nepotism is a concern, and in the real world, we know far too well, nepotism thrives. But there are ways to work around relationships, where people don’t abuse trust and affect the workplace. We have doctors who are married and doctor-nurse, nurse-nurse, administrator-pharmacist couples working in the same facility. People have to be extra careful and especially when they are in a supervisory role. This is where professionalism, ethics, code of conduct and watchful eyes come into play.
I want to make an observation that whatever country you live in, know your patient’s right. I noticed some comments about this drama where the ML did not want to do surgery on a patient because of personal relationship issues.
When you practice in a hospital, you have a contract with the hospital. There are obligations you have to fulfill and liability issues that hospital and healthcare practitioners face.
I realize this is make believe melodrama but it’s important to know that once you’ve been admitted to a hospital, you have a relationship with the staff and facility there. It’s a business relationship as well as a medical one. Hospitals need to be certified to open for business, doctors nurses, pharmacists also need to be certified. That certification process can be revoked. Then there’s the litigious aspect.
That’s why refusing to treat is not a personal decision as it involves the institution which you represent and work for. Professionally, it looks bad so the rationale has to be approved by the higher ups (and legal often will look at it).
The doctors in this drama can do what they like per script. But in real life, things don’t work like way.
It’s actually a big deal. I don’t know of many healthcare professionals who work in a busy public hospitals…
I’m retired from clinical work but still teach and no, it’s not really a practical option. Neurosurgical team like this operate in big facility. It’s so rare to see a neurosurgeon refusing to treat. In fact in 35 years of clinical work, I’ve haven’t seen such a request. We have given leave to people or sick time off for people who need psychological/ PTSD issues. Or to deal with family issues.
Also in real life, it’s rare to only have 1 qualified person to do such work. You can even have colleagues do the work while be there to help troubleshoot or be back up consult. We do video conferencing during surgery -as consult if another hospital requires more expertise or second opinion.
For those complaining about him putting his personal feelings first and refusing to do the surgery, I hope this…
It’s actually a big deal.
I don’t know of many healthcare professionals who work in a busy public hospitals who has such luxury to choose. If such personal feelings were allowed to avoid providing care, we’d see outright discriminations. Already wealth, gender, class affect healthcare delivery. The public who via taxes and fees often paid for the training , healthcare facilities, research, etc. deserve better.
If we allow personal preference to dictate who gets care, then it can be you or your family who may be denied care in the future.
I can understand your feelings, at the same time doctors are bound to the The Hippocratic Oath (Ορκος) "I…
Doctors and nurses are obliged to treat patients as they are, especially in a public teaching hospital. It’s very rare to be able to pick and choose. Doctors treat all kinds of people, including criminals and really awful people because that’s their job. That’s professionalism. For a highly trained specialty like neurosurgery, there’s even less wiggle room to get out of it because there just aren’t that many neurosurgeons or hospitals (especially in China ) capable of such care. This doesn’t mean healthcare practitioners don’t deal with ethical issues. They do all the time.
It has been interesting reading various opinions about what constitutes realistic portrays of
It’s fascinating to read various opinions about what constitutes healthy romantic relationship. I watched the bulk of this melodrama and FF through some of the repetitive stuff. For sure there are aspects of relationships depicted here we also see in real life. Yes people, it’s a universal truth that humans are flawed and human relationship is a work in progress. It’s truism to keep using that as the reason why this show is realistic. Goodness knows I’ve spent many hours listening to friends complaining about their crazy, rollercoaster relationships. When you see this much struggle and failure in a romance over basic things such as honesty, good communication, developing mutual respect and taking personal responsibility, such a relationship rarely last. That’s the dirty truth. Even if we get a happy ending here. Which is why I believe many viewers struggle to see how a forever happy ending for the main couple as being realistic or earned.
Re: double standard at play here. I might be a minority here but I don’t see the ML ex fiancé as the evil cheating person. After all, if one can come up with reasons for the ML’s actions, I can do the same for the ex-fiancé. If anything, the ex fiancé had the mettle to call it quits when she no longer loved the ML. Compare that to our ML who couldn’t be honest with himself and anyone else and married a woman he knew was nuts about him even though he didn’t love her. My confusion is if the ex-fiancé went on and married the ML despite not loving him, would that be ok too? If not, why did people find all kinds of reasons that’s not even written in the script to justify his behavior? This is the double standard I see too many times applied to women, often by other women. I find that very disturbing.
We have doctors, nurses, pharmacists who have very strong beliefs and don’t want to treat certain patients or conditions. In some country like the US, abortion, contraceptives are now political/religious flashpoint in healthcare. This also includes treating LGBT community. People’s healthcare is already being negatively impacted because of discrimination, lack of access, inability to pay, etc, that it’s important to remember to deny treatment because of personal feelings/ biases/beliefs is a slippery slope. One day, this can be you or your family member being denied treatment if such behavior is allowed.
As far as personal relationships, nepotism is a concern, and in the real world, we know far too well, nepotism thrives. But there are ways to work around relationships, where people don’t abuse trust and affect the workplace. We have doctors who are married and doctor-nurse, nurse-nurse, administrator-pharmacist couples working in the same facility. People have to be extra careful and especially when they are in a supervisory role. This is where professionalism, ethics, code of conduct and watchful eyes come into play.
When you practice in a hospital, you have a contract with the hospital. There are obligations you have to fulfill and liability issues that hospital and healthcare practitioners face.
I realize this is make believe melodrama but it’s important to know that once you’ve been admitted to a hospital, you have a relationship with the staff and facility there. It’s a business relationship as well as a medical one. Hospitals need to be certified to open for business, doctors nurses, pharmacists also need to be certified. That certification process can be revoked. Then there’s the litigious aspect.
That’s why refusing to treat is not a personal decision as it involves the institution which you represent and work for. Professionally, it looks bad so the rationale has to be approved by the higher ups (and legal often will look at it).
The doctors in this drama can do what they like per script. But in real life, things
don’t work like way.
PTSD issues. Or to deal with family issues.
Also in real life, it’s rare to only have 1 qualified person to do such work. You can even have colleagues do the work while be there to help troubleshoot or be back up consult. We do video conferencing during surgery -as consult if another hospital requires more expertise or second opinion.
I don’t know of many healthcare professionals who work in a busy public hospitals who has such luxury to choose. If such personal feelings were allowed to avoid providing care, we’d see outright discriminations. Already wealth, gender, class affect healthcare delivery. The public who via taxes and fees often paid for the training , healthcare facilities, research, etc. deserve better.
If we allow personal preference to dictate who gets care, then it can be you or your family who may be denied care in the future.
It’s fascinating to read various opinions about what constitutes healthy romantic relationship. I watched the bulk of this melodrama and FF through some of the repetitive stuff. For sure there are aspects of relationships depicted here we also see in real life. Yes people, it’s a universal truth that humans are flawed and human relationship is a work in progress. It’s truism to keep using that as the reason why this show is realistic. Goodness knows I’ve spent many hours listening to friends complaining about their crazy, rollercoaster relationships. When you see this much struggle and failure in a romance over basic things such as honesty, good communication, developing mutual respect and taking personal responsibility, such a relationship rarely last. That’s the dirty truth. Even if we get a happy ending here. Which is why I believe many viewers struggle to see how a forever happy ending for the main couple as being realistic or earned.
Re: double standard at play here. I might be a minority here but I don’t see the ML ex fiancé as the evil cheating person. After all, if one can come up with reasons for the ML’s actions, I can do the same for the ex-fiancé. If anything, the ex fiancé had the mettle to call it quits when she no longer loved the ML. Compare that to our ML who couldn’t be honest with himself and anyone else and married a woman he knew was nuts about him even though he didn’t love her. My confusion is if the ex-fiancé went on and married the ML despite not loving him, would that be ok too? If not, why did people find all kinds of reasons that’s not even written in the script to justify his behavior? This is the double standard I see too many times applied to women, often by other women. I find that very disturbing.