One important lesson that i learned this unit was hearing Beth Bernett speak about her experiences with her husband Eric Wood who passed away. She mentioned something that really made me think. She said it took 11 months to get health insurance that would successfully cover everything thing that Eric needed in the rest of time time her had.
Another insightful lesson that i learned this unit was when we watched Near Death by Fredrick Wiseman released 1989. Fredrick Wiseman wanted us to look at the doctors view and the doctors experiences of what happens when taking care of many sick patients. This made me feel the frustration and heartbreak of taking care of seriously sick people who are putting their life in the doctors hands.
Michael Moores big perspective of the movie sicko that was released out in 2007 was that the untied states should have free health care. In the movie its talks about how if you had a preexisting condition the chances of getting health insurance is ver VERY slim. A women had Blue Cross health insurance got a letter saying they are dropping her because years ago she had a yeast infection.
When i read the book Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom it made me look at death and life in a whole new way. On page 57 "its horrible if you watch my body slowly wilt away to nothing. But its wonderful because of all the time i get to say good-bye. This made me ask the question of how would i prefer to die. Quickly and fast of suffering but being able to say my good-byes? Still to this day i haven't come to the conclusion of which one i would prefer.
I think that two major subjects that we need to cover is what happens to the dead before the funeral. I also would like to know more about the body and time after being buried, and what happens when it decomposes. I wanna know this because after my grandma passed away i became curious as to what is happening to her.
The source that helped me the most this unit was watching the movies. I like too see things visually. It makes me more intoned with with the situation.
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