The experience I chose for my paper deals with independence. It's safe to say that a majority of people do not like to feel pushed around or be told what to do and there's a wide consensus of this, from children to the elderly. My experience touches on my first taste of what independence feels like. How it feels to be alone with no authority over your shoulder and how you can do whatever you want to whenever you want to.Yet, is this what independence really is all about? I attempt to try and define what the term 'Independence' means.
My questions will concern the patient and the individuals state of independence while under medical care.There is wide belief and many cases where the patient is limited in excercising their independence while as a patient. How did it get this way? how did being a patient cause this to happen? What does being a patient really mean? Does it necessarily mean to ignore your personal decisions or views and take precedence over the well established advice of medical professionals?It is no secret that medical professionals are held in high regard but this may be the very thing that endangers something we hold dear.
Very unique idea for a topic. I hope you will be able to have enough specific examples of when a patient lost his or her independence. Can't wait to read more!
ReplyDeleteI think this will be really interesting. I never thought of this angle for a paper before and I think the examples and statistics you use will be really cool.
ReplyDeleteI can really relate to your topic. I HATE when people tell me what to do. I think you'll come up with a really interesting paper.
ReplyDeleteBy looking at the definiton of Independence we can see how people may feel differently about it as patients under medical care.Possible changes in how patients may think of independence is something readers don't see and is important because what we can learn from this could affect not only our current thoughts on independence but our daily habits/actions as healthy citizens.
ReplyDeleteYou raise some very sophisticated and interesting questions in your blog post, and as your group mates mention, it will be important to find concrete examples to support your ideas (I think research will help you do this). Regarding your magic thesis sentence, I think you have a promising start that will help you in your research. I would suggest, though, that rather than look at the definition of independence (it might be too specific of a key word), you look more at patient experiences/ what it means to be a patient (as you wrote in your post), and from THERE form an argument about independence. It seems to me that being a patient brings with it its own specific questions about independence/dependence/freedom/autonomy that you can use as a "case study" for your broader questions about independence itself. Maybe issues surrounding hospice care, assisted living facilities, or paralysis might be useful for you to think about? Or the man who is now the first blind soldier on active duty? Just some ideas to get you thinking. I'm excited to see where you take this.
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