Blog post #6

Characters in TV series are created to connect with, some may be positive and other may be negative. Dr. House challenged my own personal beliefs and dealt ethics that were complex enough to go on both sides of a spectrum. Although House comes off as rude and arrogant during the course of the show, there are moments where you have a change of heart because you realize that underneath a tuff complexion he has emotions that have created his outlook on life. House himself is very good at hiding his emotions, in which he seems to not care about his patient’s emotions either. I strongly disagree with the techniques House uses; a patient should be treated with dignity, which includes taking time to listen to the patient and taking the time to prescribe an accurate cure not an experimental guess. House has little faith in humanity and although he is one of the best doctors he doesn’t involve the patient in their treatment and refuses to belief what they say... what makes doctors think we trust them either? It goes both ways. House kind of gets a taste of his own medicine when his boss stands up to him and tells him to get to work on the papers that have piled up from the clinic. I agree with his boss when she intervenes with his thoughts on how to treat the teacher who fell ill.