PBH 205 Reflection Paper 1
Reflection paper #1
PBH 205
Mary Anderson
September 10, 2014
Anderson 1 Mary Anderson
PBH 205
Professor Bungum
September 10, 2014
Reflection #1 This reading was very, very interesting to me. Although it was only the first few chapters it became more interesting and spine chilling as I read on. I was very surprised to have read in the later chapters how Henrietta was treated and how the doctors acted back in the 1950s just because of segregation at the time. It really bothered me to read that the doctors would withhold information from their patients because they were to never be questioned especially if the patient was black. Having read that really made me understand how it was back then and that people like Henrietta were lucky that they were even getting treatment. But this story, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks changed how doctors treated their patients and also changed the way cancer was handled and treated. The main point of this reading I think is that back then; in 1950s doctors didn’t really take things too seriously especially in the segregation era. But, there was one scientist in the story who wanted to help and try to solve the issue of cancer that was becoming such an epidemic no matter what the race was. The doctors wouldn’t really take their jobs seriously it seemed like and would mis-diagnose women patients making them believe they had cervical cancer when they didn’t. With all the information given in these first few chapters, it is clear that
Anderson 2 they wanted to figure out a way to cure this disease and make people more aware of what is going on in the world around them. No matter what life style you grew up in, or what your circumstances are you must always go to the doctors and have a regular checkup just to be sure you’re healthy. In the reading there was a lot of surprising information I came across and seemed very unusual and scary. Knowing that the doctors used to not tell the patients what
PBH 205
Mary Anderson
September 10, 2014
Anderson 1 Mary Anderson
PBH 205
Professor Bungum
September 10, 2014
Reflection #1 This reading was very, very interesting to me. Although it was only the first few chapters it became more interesting and spine chilling as I read on. I was very surprised to have read in the later chapters how Henrietta was treated and how the doctors acted back in the 1950s just because of segregation at the time. It really bothered me to read that the doctors would withhold information from their patients because they were to never be questioned especially if the patient was black. Having read that really made me understand how it was back then and that people like Henrietta were lucky that they were even getting treatment. But this story, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks changed how doctors treated their patients and also changed the way cancer was handled and treated. The main point of this reading I think is that back then; in 1950s doctors didn’t really take things too seriously especially in the segregation era. But, there was one scientist in the story who wanted to help and try to solve the issue of cancer that was becoming such an epidemic no matter what the race was. The doctors wouldn’t really take their jobs seriously it seemed like and would mis-diagnose women patients making them believe they had cervical cancer when they didn’t. With all the information given in these first few chapters, it is clear that
Anderson 2 they wanted to figure out a way to cure this disease and make people more aware of what is going on in the world around them. No matter what life style you grew up in, or what your circumstances are you must always go to the doctors and have a regular checkup just to be sure you’re healthy. In the reading there was a lot of surprising information I came across and seemed very unusual and scary. Knowing that the doctors used to not tell the patients what