Vivian Bearings is a single middle-aged woman who has just found out that she has stage IV metastatic ovarian cancer. Dr. Kelekian goes from telling her the diagnosis to having her sign a consent form for a very harsh form of chemotherapy in a matter of minutes. She is not even given any time to emotionally process the diagnosis. Dr. Posner‚ the young doctor working with Dr. Kelekian‚ while performing an exam on Vivian only speaks of himself and does not even explain any part of the procedure
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In the movie Wit‚ English literary scholar Vivian Bearing has spent years translating and interpreting the poetry of John Donne. Unfortunately‚ she is a person who has cultivated her intellect at the expense of her heart. Both colleagues and students view Bearing as a chilly and unfriendly person lost in her private world of words and mysterious thoughts. At the age of 48‚ she is diagnosed with stage-four metastatic ovarian cancer. Dr. Kelekian wants her to take eight high-dose experimental chemotherapy
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doctor‚ Harvey Kelekian (Christoper Lloyd)‚ deliberately prescribe chemotherapy treatment and that he ultimately believes in her strength in undergoing the treatments. Here‚ Dr. Kelekian sort of challenges Vivian by emphasizing that she is a tough and independent woman. Interestingly‚ once Vivian is in the hospital‚ she begins to look and talk to the camera. As if‚ she is documenting her chemotherapy treatment. She is kind of having a conversation with the audience to express her feeling. Later in
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In this movie Vivian Bearings is diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She is given “experimental” treatment. Some of the other characters include: Dr. Kelekian‚ the head doctor who informed her of her diagnosis; Jason Posner‚ the detached kid doctor and Susie‚ the sympathetic nurse. Throughout the movie Vivian goes through the different stages of death and dying‚ for example denial‚ anger‚ depression and acceptance. The first stage we witness is her denial. She tells the doctors to keep up the highest
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human” (Byock‚ 2010). In the assigned movie Wit‚ the main role is of Vivian Bearing which is a college professor who teaches a course in English Poetry who spent numerous years transcribing and translating the poetry of John Donne‚ who was known as a master of metaphysical poets. She too is known for her vast knowledge of metaphysical poetry. She is a very bright and scholarly woman although her students view her as cold and unfriendly. At the age of 48 Vivian is diagnosed with advanced metastatic
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toward patients. Professor Vivian Bearing is a well-respected 17th Century English poetry scholar. She is told that she has stage four metastatic ovarian cancer‚ by a fellow college Dr. Harvey Kelekian; who has asked Vivian for research purposes if she would be willing to undergo an aggressive 8 month chemo treatment. In the play/movie Wit‚ we quickly see the differences between the two health care professionals; one is a former student of Professor Bearings‚ Dr. Jason Posner who is Dr. Kelekian’s lead
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today?" asked doctor Jason Posner in his usual automatic‚ inattentive salutation to Vivian‚ which is both humorous and distressing. There is a connection between Vivian Bearing and Jason Posner. Prepped for research and scholarship by Vivian herself (he took her class on the metaphysical poets) Jason possesses many of the same traits as Vivian. He is smart‚ ambitious‚ dedicated to the complexities of his medical research‚ and inept at human relations. Like Professor Bearing‚ who could be overbearing
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The movie evoked an awareness of the grief. An emotion I felt as if I had overcame came rushing back and caused an uncontrollable flow of tears. Those tears informed me‚ that I was not over the death of my mentor and I need to deal with those emotions. Vivian Bearing had stage four cancer like my mentor and the emotions I felt when she died were the emotions‚ I experienced while watching the movie. The movie was challenging as a result of what I experienced over a year ago‚ the movie enabled
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The movie Wit chronicles the care of patient Vivian Bearing‚ a poetry professor who is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer and is undergoing aggressive chemotherapy treatment. While in the hospital‚ Vivian is taken care of by a nurse named Susie‚ and her treatment is overseen by Dr. Kelekian and Dr. Jason Posner‚ who happens to be a former student of Vivian’s (Bosanquet & Nichols‚ 2010). Throughout her time in the hospital Ms. Bearing doesn’t always receive the best care; ethical principles are
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Reflection Paper on Wit Launa Theodore A universal constant about being a patient is vulnerability and loss of control. In the movie Wit‚ starring Emma Thompson‚ you get to see all these and more. You get to see another side of the medical profession that shows blatant disregard for medical humanities‚ the similarities between intellects and the simple art of caring by a nurse who is not an intellect. Wit is the story of an intellectual‚ Vivian Bearing being diagnosed with stage four ovarian
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