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Another medical show, more false info

Marijke Durning, RN — Mon, 18 May 2009 02:42:13 +0000

I’ve long had issues with medical shows presenting fair and truthful information. I know the shows are meant for entertainment and I take a lot of their stuff with a grain of salt – such as their usual pathetic portrayal of nurses in the real world. But when they misrepresent health issues, that bothers me a lot.

A couple of months ago, the popular television show House had a bad (in my opinion) plot line that showed a man with “locked in syndrome” diagnosed as brain dead and the emergency room physician wanted to take his heart for donation – something that would never happen in the United States.

Now, there are complaints about the season finale of another popular medical show, Grey’s Anatomy. I have to admit, I haven’t watched this show since its first year. I liked it the first year but then it got too ridiculous for my tastes, but it is still very popular.

In the season finale, one of the main characters had to make a drastic choice for treatment of melanoma that had spread to her brain. The problem is, one of the options wasn’t really an option. Rather than going into it all again, this article, Doctors, patients say ‘Grey’s’ cancer story isn’t accurate , talks about it and explains the issues well.

What do you think? Should medical shows be held to a standard that they shouldn’t play with medical facts? Do they have a strong enough hold on viewers that what they show may help people make decisions about their care, right or wrong?

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Another medical show, more false info

Grey’s Anatomy, 30 Rock and the Geico Insurance TV Commercials.

admin — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 23:38:34 +0000

Slowly, I have become maddeningly sleep deprived. Developing ideas, worrying about, and simply obsessing ~~about~~ about The Pet Set leaves me on avarage with about 3.5 hours of sleep each night.

So, After a long 20.5 hours of work, who doesn’t just love to plop in front of the TV for an evening’s worth of fabulous sitcoms, dramadies and cop shows? But gosh, there’s so much from which to choose!

Um…shockingly, no, there is not. Does anyone know how to write or ACT? (Sorry House fans, I don’t get time to see that one too much.)

I have to say, aside from a select few, such as Grey’s Anatomy or NBC’s 30 Rock, my favorite TV season is a disaster.

Except for one oddball commercial — the Geico Insurance caveman TV spots. I love everything about the caveman series; but this one in particular, in which the actual caveman character is disgruntled after seeing a giant caveman print ad in an airport, is simply genius.

The genius part of it all is that somehow they take a such a hot topic as cultural diversity, and put it together to sell something as boring as car insurance.

Hilarious…the music is impeccable, the copy is understated and the acting is wonderful. The whole thing is “under-the-top” — which I guess is the irony of it all.

Now if only the Hollywood know-it-alls could take their cue from Geico…maybe we’d be watching more interesting TV shows this fall. Thank goodness for you Tina Fey, I love you too.

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Grey’s Anatomy, 30 Rock and the Geico Insurance TV Commercials.