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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DOCTOR FAUSTUS Also from Routledge: ROUTLEDGE · ENGLISH · TEXTS GENERAL EDITOR · JOHN DRAKAKIS WILLIAM BLAKE: Selected Poetry and Prose ed. David Punter EMILY BRONTË: Wuthering Heights ed. Heather Glen ROBERT BROWNING: Selected Poetry and Prose ed. Aidan Day BYRON: Selected Poetry and Prose ed. Norman Page GEOFFREY CHAUCER: The Tales of The Clerk and The Wife of Bath ed. Marion Wynne-Davies JOHN CLARE: Selected Poetry and Prose ed. Merryn and Raymond Williams JOSEPH CONRAD: Selected
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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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Under our study the passage of the story ’Doctor in the house’ written by a famous British writer and an assistant editor of the British Medical Journal of the 20 th century Richard Gordon who worked also as a ship’s surgeon‚ but left his medical practice in 1952. The story ’Doctor in the house’ is one of Gordon’s twelve ’Doctor’ books and is noted for witty description of a medical student’s years of professional training. ’Doctor in the house’ is not really intriguing title for the story‚ but
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medical resident overwhelmed by his newfound responsibility and power. The premise of The Good Doctor‚ a phrase/theme reiterated ad nauseam throughout the script‚ is disturbing (and purposely so)‚ but unfortunately too hard to swallow to elicit the sympathetic response the filmmakers are going for. Reactions instead range from disbelief to disgust. Orlando Bloom stars as Dr. Martin Blake‚ a British doctor with a dowdy haircut just arrived at a Los Angeles-area hospital with an obsessive eye toward
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Summer of 2007‚ though the sun was glittering and of course broiling‚ yet I remained next to the darkness and walked under the shadows. Unfortunately to those who were surrounded around me‚ were up against the stress‚ because I was what you can say going through a phase of “puberty”. The times of being emotional‚ the anger issues‚ and of course the heat just had to sugar coat everything‚ even the smallest things overwhelmed my body and things just got out of control. It became worse as I was in
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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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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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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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