Almost every time I land on the USA channel, the Dr. House series is on. I have tried to watch this show, but a couple of things really bother me. One is the way that everyone accepts his drug addiction, and the other is his rude and nasty treatment of his patients, his team, and other doctors and administrators. I know if I had a drug problem, I would be told at work that I must get help or else, so this one premise of the show is just not logical, and especially so for a doctor. I also know that if a doctor were to treat me the way Dr. House treats his patients, I would be considering suing him and the hospital for unprofessional cruelty. Now, when I see that Dr. House is on, I just keep moving to another channel.
Today, I could not believe it when I read that the topic at the May Mecklenburg County Medical Society Annual Meeting is “Media, Morals, & Medicine: The Dr. House TV Phenomenon.” This show must have made an impression on the medical community for it is to be the topic of an annual meeting.
The speaker is going to analyze the show’s popularity, and talk about how Dr. House’s character was inspired by Sherlock Holmes, who was also a brilliant diagnostician and a lonely drug addict. The speaker feels that Dr. House appeals to the viewing public because he is portraying a competent (right!), yet irreverent doctor, and he disgusts viewers with his impertinence and meanness. The speaker then plans to discuss how doctors can learn from what I would call Dr. House’s idiosyncrasies or just plain craziness.
What is the world coming to if the professional medical community spends its valuable time discussing a weird TV show?
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