The Journey Of Professor Bearing In The Movie Wit

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The movie Wit is a movie that follow the journey of Professor Vivian Bearing and her journey as she has been diagnosed with Stage 4 Ovarian Cancer. Professor Bearing made the decision to subject herself to very strong experimental chemotherapy. This movies follows her as she faces death in the eye and also offers a series of monologues giving her personal opinion on her diagnoses as well as an analysis of her relationship with Dr. Kelekian, Dr. Posner and Susie. Throughout the duration of the movie there are some things that become apparent; the doctors have little concern about Vivian’s well being, Susie and Professor Bearing had developed a bond and Dr. Bearing was not prepared for what the intensive treatment intelled. Throughout the movie …show more content…

If Vivian and Susie would’ve never developed a friendship Vivian would’ve lived a life of misery. Vivian would’ve been miserable without her DNR and basically would been diminished to nothing more than a lab rat, simply being a pawn in Dr.Kelekian and Dr.Posners experience, luckily Vivian had Dr.Susie to advocate for her. I also think that it is very interesting that despite the fact that Professor Vivian is a scholar she still needed someone to advocate for her. It shows that advocate isn’t just for those who may be mentally, physically or educationally …show more content…

This goes back to the moral and ethical standard we have created for society as well as the multiple misconceptions concerning DNR’s and making the decision to no be resuscitated. Often times the decision to not be recesistatated is seen as human beings playing God, and is often aligned with a person committing suicide and often seen as a selfish decision. This is definitely a misconception as DNR are given for several reasons sometime to remove financial strain from family members and sometimes to simply so a person won’t have to live life as a vegetable who can’t not breath or advocate for themselves in anyway shape of form. While I do not this I would sign a DNR I do understand the benefits of making the decision to essentially end your

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