Richard Gordon DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE Richard Gordon DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE First published in 1952 ’A parcel of lazy‚ idle fellars‚ that are always smoking and drinking‚ and lounging…a parcel of young cutters and carvers of live people’s bodies‚ that disgraces the lodgings.’ _Bob Sawyer’s landlady in_ PICKWICK PAPERS To Jo Note St. Swithin’s Hospital does not exist; neither do its staff‚ students‚ nor patients. 1 The large and completely unused set of surgical instruments
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At the center of the euthanasia debate are doctors. In their hands is the authority to act with regard to the early termination of human life. When doctors graduate from medical school‚ who should decide if they live or die? The parents? The patients? The government? In a perfect world‚ such a cruel question would never be asked. Not long ago‚ doctors were seen as an integral part of the community where they practiced. Today‚ unable to make house calls‚ relying on exorbitant fees‚ often able to
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and then usually my parents took me to the nearby doctor. This was the time when my brain was concentrating seriously‚ I observed that all the patients were keen to meet the doctor and express their disarray. They relied on the doctor totally which was easily understood by their smiling faces after consulting the doctor. They also believed that he was the only one who can cure their disarray. This made me to think that the profession of a doctor has a high position in the society and he is the one
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details of the case against Roger Long‚ a 47-year-old drifter from Bedford. He began by describing how investigators believe Long and several others abducted Foddrill as she was walking home from the store one day in 1995‚ tied her up and repeatedly sexually assaulted her before beating and stabbing her to death. Her partially decomposed body was found four months later near Lawrenceville‚ Ill. Long is being held in the Greene County Jail without bond on charges of murder‚ criminal confinement‚
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Reflective Writing on ‘The Doctor’ Film The film is being related to a life of a surgeon Jack McKee (William Hurt)‚ whose carries on a very successful practice while treating his patients with aggressive sarcasm and general disrespect. This indicates that he only cares for ‘mission accomplish’ and put away the emotional and also spiritual perspective in his line of work. "There is a danger in becoming too involved with your patients‚" he warns his residents‚ reminding them of the surgeon’s credo:
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The Analysis of “Doctor in the House” The analyzed text is an extract from the book “Doctor in the house” by Richard Gordon‚ a well-known English writer. His own life was closely connected with medicine and he had also gone through such examinations that is why the characters and the situation are true to life. The author has selected the first person narrative‚ but it is combined with several lines of dialogues. Despite the fact that we see the story through the eyes of the main character‚ we
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Factors Influencing the Selected Residents of Baranggay in Catanuan Quezon to Patronize Quack Practices. Diane R. Sosa Calayan Educational Foundation‚ Inc. Chapter One Introduction Background of the study Complementary and alternative medicines‚ including quack practices fundamentally rooted on the medical systems and techniques of ancient people such as Chinese‚ Egyptians‚ Greeks‚ Asian Indians and Native Americans. Contemporary biomedical research has tended to be sceptical
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most well known of his plays are Tamburlaine‚ The Jew of Malta‚ and Doctor Faustus. Marlowe was a great innovator of blank verse‚ unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter. The richness of his dramatic verse anticipates Shakespeare‚ and some argue that Shakespeare’s achievements owed considerable debt to Marlowe’s influence. Doctor Faustus was probably written in 1592‚ although the exact date of its composition is uncertain. Doctor Faustus is a play of deep questions concerning morality‚ religion‚ and
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start with some words about the author. As I’ve learned Richard Gordon is an English writer of the 20th century. He is most famous for his “Doctor” series‚ where he describes different things concerning with the medicine. It is necessary to mention that such things are close to him because he took up the medicine. His literary contribution is great because his “Doctor” series are very popular. They are even screened. As for me I have already heard about this author but haven’t read his works before/
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works. Furthermore‚ his use of humor and wit in this extract from Act II enhances the demonstration of the serious philosophical dilemma. The dilemma consists of Dr. Ridgeon having to decide whether to give the cure to Blenkinsop‚ an honest but feeble doctor‚ or Dubedat‚ “a charming sociopath who happens to be an extraordinary artist”. Whoever doesn’t get the cure will die and Shaw uses wit and humor to make serious issues such as this “trolley dilemma” easier to digest. Shaw calls it a tragedy and very
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