Review Of ' Grey 's Anatomy '

The television drama known as Grey’s Anatomy follows several doctors on their joint and individual journeys from surgical interns to residents and then to attendings. The main character is Doctor Meredith Grey, the daughter of famous heart surgeon Ellis Grey. Meredith’s time on the show reveals her constant struggle to reconcile her own abilities with her mother’s legacy and explores how the past continues to affect the present long after its conclusion.

Grey’s Anatomy appeared on ABC in March 2005. Five surgical interns, Meredith Grey, Cristina Yang, Isobel Stevens, Alex Karev and George O’Malley, competing and negotiating their work and relationships with each other and their three supervisors, Derek Shepherd “McDreamy,” Preston Burke, and Miranda Bailey. Rhimes described her hit show on the Tavis Smiley Show saying, “Grey’s Anatomy is more than just a medical drama. It is about people who are starting a job, and on a bad day you kill somebody...and on a good day, you save a life” (Rhimes 2005). Grey’s Anatomy is a large ensemble drama with a very diverse cast where race is solely limited to the colors of the character’s body.

There is always new life lesions integrated into each storyline. There is also a perspective of life and personality placed with each character. Behind each and every scene there is a greater purpose that the producer embedded into it. This subconsciously has the watcher learn a lesson while watching the series and having them more attached to the show. This is all within the production Grey’s Anatomy. Incorporating that there is a way for one to be successful in whatever they dream whether they are male or female, young or old, rich or poor. The message that any person no matter who they are can do what they put their mind too even if it is a high status career. Explaining the work that it takes to get there and obstacles they will have to overcome. With this accomplishment of a great career due to their hard work it is also possible for them to have great relationships and family life outside of work. Grey’s just as any other well created series can help sculpt the minds of this generation. Television is an adequate way enforce much needed societal messages to the population, trying to help change the wrong doings present in this

Meredith wants to hold on to the guy who “validates” her and reinforces her self-esteem with attention and adherence to her lifestyle (BMW, tie-wearing, Manhattan city life). The family sees themselves losing the attention and affection of a beloved family member to someone who is attempting to make him like her (The Family Stone, Bezucha, 2006).

The PBS NOVA documentary “Doctors’ Diaries” gives the everyday person insight into the grueling yet rewarding life of seven doctors’ journey through medical school, and into their career. The viewer follows the life of seven medical students: Tom Tarter who is an emergency room physician, Luanda Grazette, a cardiologist, David Friedman, an ophthalmologist and heath researcher, Jane Leibschutz who is an internal medicine and primary care taker, Elliot Bennett-Guerrero who is an anesthesiologist, Cheryl Dorsey, a pediatrician, and Jay Bonner who is a psychiatrist. Throughout the film, the seven doctors face happiness, hardships, heartbreak, and personal disappoint.

The movie “The Doctor” takes an intimate look at the life of a surgeon who is immensely detached from his patients and often acts callously towards his patients and even his family. The arrogance and heartlessness that are seen in the beginning of the movie slowly become subdued when Jack McKee finds out that he has a malignant tumor. The diagnosis of the life-threatening tumor forces Jack to reevaluate his life and in turn allows Jack to see life from the perspective of a patient. The differences in McKee’s character are abundantly evident but one of the best examples of how much he truly changes are how starkly different the opening scene in the surgery suite is as compared to the final scene in the surgery suite. When the movie opens

In the novel, No Apparent Distress: A Doctor’s Coming-of-Age on the Front Lines of American Medicine by Dr. Rachel Pearson, the author, Dr. Pearson, encounters several patients and experiences several personal challenges that builds her role as a doctor and helps her realize the social injustices in the healthcare system. With the personal encounters she faces with her patients, her family and her peers, Dr. Pearson learns that there are several flaws in the healthcare system that is beyond the doctor’s power to fix. She also learns that the education she receives progressively builds as she meets new patients and learns about their individual cases. She begins to understand that the nature of her education is surprising because one cannot fully understand something unless they have experienced it. Consequently, Dr.

Women often receive scrutiny in a male dominated workplace. As of 2017, there are 271 general surgery residency programs in the United States. Out of this large number, 16 are lead by women compared to only 1 in 2014 (Sharma). Women’s roles in the workplace are adapting and stereotypes about the differentiation between male and female work are being broken down. Grey’s Anatomy is a show that explores the complexities of balancing the personal and professional lives of medical residents at Seattle Grace Hospital. This study will hope to address how avid viewers of this show interpret the character’s roles and how it correlates with real life.

They are also always striving to win the Harper Avery award which is an award for the most brilliant doctors.

Grey’s Anatomy is a popular television show on ABC that airs Thursday night’s at 7:00. In television land, this is known as a primetime slot. Season 11 has an average of 8.22 million viewers and has been renewed for one more season (Grey 's Anatomy TV Show on ABC). Grey’s Anatomy is well-known for its mind blowing medical scenarios and incredibly talented doctors. Both of these leave viewers with pondering thoughts of what they would do in similar situations, and a bit of self confidence on handling a situation if an actual person collapsed in front of them. The study will examine the amount of viewers who binge watch the show between the ages of 17 and 21 declaring Pre-Med as their major at a four-year university because they believe it will be as easy as the television show depicts being a doctor is.

Throughout my experience as a surgical patient, I always noticed three things my medical team never failed to perform: inform, educate, and care for me. Through my frequent visits to the hospital I began to notice that these ideals were essential in every successful physician-patient relationship. As I progressed in my career as a student, I came to realize that the academic and extracurricular activities I was involved in were helping me perform those very qualities.

Grey’s Anatomy is a show based on a female doctor names Meredith Grey, the show finds herself struggling to live up to the expectations of what her mother had. Grey’s mother was a phenomenal surgeon

In the TV show, “Grey’s Anatomy” by Shonda Rhimes, intersectionality is demonstrated through popular culture with a direct relationship between “professional identity”, sexuality, race and gender. According to Jubas, identity is multidimensional and relational. (Knowles, 2003) Meaning that, identity is an interconnection because human beings have different things in common, but they differ in other aspects. The show presents a varied group of individuals that come from different backgrounds and share one thing in common, the fact that they are all surgeons at Seattle Grace Hospital.

Grey’s Anatomy is the longest running series medical drama due to its immense popularity. Since 2005, it has successfully pulled in a maximum audience of approximately 37.88 million viewers on The American Broadcasting Company television network (“Rating History: Grey’s Anatomy”). It provides a first-person perspective into the dramatic everyday life of the main character, Meredith Grey, throughout her experiences as a surgeon in a scandalous hospital. This drama is most popular because of the aspects besides the accurate medical implications such as sexual relationships, glorified surgeries, and lack of regard for the medical code of ethics. Grey’s Anatomy romanticizes and the medical profession in a manner similar to The Heart most prominently displayed during the scenes discussing the fate of the deceased boy’s organs and the unprofessional nature of the nurses.

Warning if you have not seen all of Grey’s Anatomy I recommend not reading this. I could tell you everything there is to know about greys and I plan to.