Prompt 10: Grey's Anatomy Medical Myth's

After writing the Cultural Artifact Essay I decided to connect my blog for the week to the topic of my paper. In my paper I focused on popular television show, Grey's Anatomy. In my paper I discussed the medical errors and stereotypes of doctors and nurses that are constantly occurring in the show and how offensive it is towards real life doctors and nurses who dedicate their time to patients and work extremely hard.

In Grey's Anatomy, there are many many medical errors; minor and major. A good majority of the time the errors are revolved around the cast and how they are bad examples of hospital staff. After watching an episode many people might assume that working in the hospital is glorious, pretty faces to look at all day and access to an on call room WHENEVER necessary. The truth is this does not happen. On call rooms are not meant for "hook ups" and not every one in the hospital is McSteamy or McDreamy. 

I think it is important that people keep in mind how unrealistic the show is because it creates a not so great image of people who actually work in the hospital. Although it is entertaining it is important to remember it is just a show. Most of the behaviors occurring on the show are not real, along with the cast and the relations between cast members. It is important to be educated on the real medical field so that the people who work hard to keep us healthy are not under appreciated!

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Rachel Grzanka