House Post: The Right Stuff

EthicaL Virtues: The doctor House keeps firing applicants without any substance behind his actions. Implusiveness without proper analysis. Invasion of privacy by breaking into the patients eyes. House allows the doctors to use an unauthorized appliance in a certain location. House also allows people to cause a certain illness to determine anything. Patient Symptoms: The Patient seems to have some problem with the eyes. Her vision was altered during a simulation. She apparently began to hear with things with her eyes. The patient begins to have a heart attack. The pulse begins to increase and the patients fever increases. Life/Environment Factors: The patient is a part of the Air Force and is preparing to go into space, hence the simulation. Diagnostic Tests: Simple blood tests are always done for patients. Hyper chamber is used to test the patient. They try and put a sethoscope to try and observe what is found within the body. The process is caused enthroscopy Possible Diagnosis: EkG is the first major diagnosis, caused by the constant flying. Special Vocab

What type of law would a completed advanced directive/living will will be an example of? A completed will is an example of contract law. Who is the agent responsible for your medical decision making? My parents would be responsible for my decision making. What types of questions regarding medical care were you asked to answer? How did this make you feel and why when considering these questions? I was asked questions about what i would want to happen in certain situations, like permanent unconciousness and body donations. I did feel a little weird when answering those questions, since i'm making decisions now for something that shouldn't happen for quite a while. Would a litigation occur if a physician violated this contract? If a physician breached a contract, a litigation would occur since the doctor did not uphold his or her part of the contract. He or she would've done something that was not agreed upon, and the patient would sue.

Post 2: House Post

The episode opens with a young woman being caught in a building collapse. The doctor House is assigned a case after his team disbanded. The doctor begins to write down the symptoms of his patients with only a janitor to aid him. Afterwards, he unethically breaks into the patient's house to see any environmental factor that affect health. , the doctor believed that the patient had a diagnosis, but misdiagnosed the girl. House rediagnosed her but once again couldn't solve the entire problem. The other doctors keep criticizing House for not wanting to hire a team. During all of this, doctor House continued to talk to others in an attempt to solve his problem. After careful thought, it is discovered that the patient was really a different person in which the symptoms matched. After the girl is properly treated, House is forced to find a team for himself.