Brief Case Study Of Dr. Sayer's 'Awakening'
Heather Duke
Psychology 1
Awakenings: Scientific Studies Dr. Sayer was a very caring doctor who had started working with patients who have been comatose for several decades. He was a very determined human being and when he was told that there was no hope of any cure for his patients, he felt let down but that did not cause him to give up. He was a very open minded person and always believed that you can make anything happen if you worked hard enough at it. He was a loving man with a loving heart.
Dr. Sayer loved having conversations with his patients, whether they were able to respond or not. He was talking with this one woman by the name of Lucy who would never respond to him. He began wondering if there was anything that she …show more content…
Sayer was ecstatic about Leonard’s improvement with his help and the medication and then began giving it to his other patients who had the same disorder Leonard has. Over just a few days, the clinic went from being dull to being alive thanks to Dr. Sayer’s test. After talking with his patients, he learned that all of them think it’s the same year as it was when they entered the coma they were in for many years. The medication was working without any major problems for several days until one day when Dr. Sayer was talking with Leonard about the medication Leonard was being given. Dr. Sayer informed Leonard that he was going to stop the dosages being given for a series of tests that needed to be run. Leonard didn’t like what he was being told because he was afraid that once he stopped getting the medicine, he would enter the coma again and would never wake up back up. Leonard then stood up and stormed out of the room and began walking towards the exit because he wanted to go for a walk outside. The security tells him that he’s not allowed to leave and Leonard began screaming and got violent with the security and Dr. Sayer. Dr. Sayer then begins seeing the negative side effects of the drug that once helped his
Psychology 1
Awakenings: Scientific Studies Dr. Sayer was a very caring doctor who had started working with patients who have been comatose for several decades. He was a very determined human being and when he was told that there was no hope of any cure for his patients, he felt let down but that did not cause him to give up. He was a very open minded person and always believed that you can make anything happen if you worked hard enough at it. He was a loving man with a loving heart.
Dr. Sayer loved having conversations with his patients, whether they were able to respond or not. He was talking with this one woman by the name of Lucy who would never respond to him. He began wondering if there was anything that she …show more content…
Sayer was ecstatic about Leonard’s improvement with his help and the medication and then began giving it to his other patients who had the same disorder Leonard has. Over just a few days, the clinic went from being dull to being alive thanks to Dr. Sayer’s test. After talking with his patients, he learned that all of them think it’s the same year as it was when they entered the coma they were in for many years. The medication was working without any major problems for several days until one day when Dr. Sayer was talking with Leonard about the medication Leonard was being given. Dr. Sayer informed Leonard that he was going to stop the dosages being given for a series of tests that needed to be run. Leonard didn’t like what he was being told because he was afraid that once he stopped getting the medicine, he would enter the coma again and would never wake up back up. Leonard then stood up and stormed out of the room and began walking towards the exit because he wanted to go for a walk outside. The security tells him that he’s not allowed to leave and Leonard began screaming and got violent with the security and Dr. Sayer. Dr. Sayer then begins seeing the negative side effects of the drug that once helped his