Ep 11 - very, very good. The real life case that it reflects and which is shown at the end of the episode will not only make you speechless, but shed a tear as well.
Overall not a bad movie. Everyone played their parts well, and there were some very funny moments. I just felt the story was a little lacking in how it transitioned at the end.
Completed. For me, the show of the year. Breathtaking in its scope, mesmerising in its detail and thought provoking for a whole range of reasons. Perhaps, has the best screen couple for a drama too. A cinematic delight...
But but I think Niu Meilli is such a detestable character, lao Fu deserves better :< I like the bickering tho
It’s always interesting how we each see characters in such shows. He may well deserve better. I take her behaviour as always testing him re his feelings for her (and she basically called him on it in the most recent episodes). When she doesn’t get her own way, Meili becomes petulant and literally stomps her feet and so deserves the dressing down she gets. She would be quite heartbroken if he did walk away from what they have.
At the completion of 11 eps I can say Mr Fighting is light years ahead of Mr Right and To Be A Better Man. I think our main couple are terrific but I actually like the Dad and Aunt NML much better :)
Euthanasia is a complex topic encompassing a broad spectrum of issues. It's not as cut and dry as you perceive…
You are quite right in what you say - euthanasia is a very complex subject. And, what you raise is the tip of the iceberg. The key is whether a framework can be implemented to deal with such a subject. Some places have now done this. They have worked through the issues and ensured dignity is used when implementing legislation to regulate such practices.
In terms of where I live this matter has been debated for the best part of 40 years. For the last 30 years, some doctors have travelled with their patients to other parts of the world to assist them with dying and this has been captured by our media in a very public way. The whole, sad and painful story told. It has now come to the point that this year each state has started to introduce euthanasia laws. So, it is not such a dilemma for many people here any more.
My own state, Western Australia introduced legislation two days ago that a person would have to be 18 or over to qualify for voluntary euthanasia. They would have to be terminally ill with a condition that is causing intolerable suffering, and is likely to cause death within six months or 12 months for a neurodegenerative condition. The patient can either administer the drug themselves or ask a doctor to do it for them. The patient must make two verbal requests and one written request. Each patient request must be signed off by two doctors independent of each other. The approval must be done within nine days from the initial request to the final approval. The legislation is being fast tracked. The leading medical association is opposed to it.
For me, and I am generalising here, the Oath ensures that a doctor does take into account the necessary considerations when dealing with such an issue. It will always be a case by case basis.
Dr John is interesting because it is testing the boundaries in a part of the world that I think has only just started to deal with the matter publicly re pain management and whether there are circumstances in which a patient has a right to die. It will even be more interesting where Show ends up in terms of any solutions it may provide, such as some of those I mentioned above, or will it remain one of personal vendettas.
Ep 24 - I’m just hanging in there. Hopefully, after a cracking end to this episode the story will get back on track. The subbing continues to be fabulous!
honestly, even after episode 10, and some things are slowly becoming clearer, they made me doubt everyone and…
Watcher is comparable to the great British Detective dramas in my view. I absolutely adore the whole cat and mouse process and subtle manipulation. It’s also like a game of Jenga - DCK is being so careful not to pull out the wrong block so it all won’t come crashing down, but the others lack patience and can’t help themselves. Then there was the classic Maxwell Smart ah ha moment at the end of Ep 10 - “the old such and such n the shoe trick.”
When you read the Hippocratic Oath and then look at an excerpt from a modern version written by Louis Lasagna, it helps put Dr John in context:
I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures which are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism.
I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug.
I will not be ashamed to say "I know not," nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for a patient's recovery.
I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. If it is given me to save a life, all thanks. But it may also be within my power to take a life; this awesome responsibility must be faced with great humbleness and awareness of my own frailty. Above all, I must not play at God.
Now someone just needs to staple this to the Prosecutor’s forehead, perhaps the nurse’s and the sister’s too :)
14 eps down. It’s very watchable. Has some very dorky moments too, but a great message re the importance of everyone living and working together in the village
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In terms of where I live this matter has been debated for the best part of 40 years. For the last 30 years, some doctors have travelled with their patients to other parts of the world to assist them with dying and this has been captured by our media in a very public way. The whole, sad and painful story told. It has now come to the point that this year each state has started to introduce euthanasia laws. So, it is not such a dilemma for many people here any more.
My own state, Western Australia introduced legislation two days ago that a person would have to be 18 or over to qualify for voluntary euthanasia. They would have to be terminally ill with a condition that is causing intolerable suffering, and is likely to cause death within six months or 12 months for a neurodegenerative condition. The patient can either administer the drug themselves or ask a doctor to do it for them. The patient must make two verbal requests and one written request. Each patient request must be signed off by two doctors independent of each other. The approval must be done within nine days from the initial request to the final approval. The legislation is being fast tracked. The leading medical association is opposed to it.
For me, and I am generalising here, the Oath ensures that a doctor does take into account the necessary considerations when dealing with such an issue. It will always be a case by case basis.
Dr John is interesting because it is testing the boundaries in a part of the world that I think has only just started to deal with the matter publicly re pain management and whether there are circumstances in which a patient has a right to die. It will even be more interesting where Show ends up in terms of any solutions it may provide, such as some of those I mentioned above, or will it remain one of personal vendettas.
I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures which are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism.
I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug.
I will not be ashamed to say "I know not," nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for a patient's recovery.
I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. If it is given me to save a life, all thanks. But it may also be within my power to take a life; this awesome responsibility must be faced with great humbleness and awareness of my own frailty. Above all, I must not play at God.
Now someone just needs to staple this to the Prosecutor’s forehead, perhaps the nurse’s and the sister’s too :)