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July 23, 2005
House MD
This is a quote from the TV show 'House' that I've been watching lately. Actually that's a reasonably profound quote from what is otherwise a fairly funny show - it's the best medical humour on TV since 'Scrubs' The reason I mention that quote today is that it was quoted to me this morning by a patient who felt that it really spoke to her situation. Amazing how God can speak to people even through TV shows.
Anyway check out House if you get a chance. It really is a one man show, held up by the brilliantly conceived character of Dr House, played by Hugh Laurie, although he has a reasonably good supporting character. His character is one of the best I've seen in a long time - scarred and flawed, full of sarcasm and cynicism, but with glimpses of a deeper heart at times and covering it all with an incisive wit. Actually if it wasn't for the character, and the way Hugh Laurie plays him, the show probably wouldn't be worth watching, but I'll watch it for that alone. Medically speaking, the show is incredibly inaccurate and unrealistic. The hospital seems to only have a small band of doctors, who end up doing virtually everything from running their own lab tests to radiology. The diagnoses are always rare and far fetched, and the diagnostic process of House and his team is very haphazard. This is not to mention House's ethics, which appear to come from way out of right field (although that's part of his charm too). Most ludicrous example I can remember thus far is the pregnant woman who is concerned that her husband may not be the father. Somehow House manages to order a paternity test of the unborn child just by checking the parents blood (which is not even remotely possible at present) and in the process lies to the father and tells him it's a blood test for glandular fever. So not only medically impossible but also completely unethical also. But as I said, all these things aside it's worth checking out just to enjoy the character.
