Grey’s Anatomy Increases Patient Satisfaction

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Meredith Grey, a main character in the television show, Grey’s Anatomy once said, "Surgeons are control freaks. With a scalpel in your hand, you feel unstoppable. There's no fear, there's no pain. You're 10 feet tall and bulletproof.” Dr. Grey said this in the third episode, first season of the hit medical drama Grey’s Anatomy. The ABC series, created by Shonda Rhimes, first aired in 2005, and is in its tenth season, with new episodes on Thursday nights at 9/8 central. The series averaged 16.4 million viewers throughout its first 10 seasons, peaking at 25.41million viewers in the third season. (U.S.) The series concerns several surgical interns and their journey to becoming full-blown surgeons. In the average show, the viewer sees several complicated, unordinary medical cases in which the doctors attempt to save the patients life. The cases are always very dramatic which makes for a great television show. Often times the medical cases will have something to do with the doctors’ personal lives, which are just as dramatic. These connections make the situations seem so real, and make viewer believe that their doctor is just like the one that he or she sees on TV. This blur between what the viewer sees on TV, and his or her real life experiences, is backed up by the Cultivation Theory. (Quick) In the healthcare world, a distortion of reality caused by the viewing of Grey’s Anatomy, has an overall positive impact of real-life patient satisfaction with their real world doctors.

Grey’s Anatomy portrays its doctors having significant courage and bravery when they go into surgery. An example of this is in the episode “Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response.” In this episode several acts of extreme courage are shown. Dr. ...

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...heavy viewing of the medical drama series, Grey’s Anatomy, makes viewers more likely to be satisfied with his or her real world physicians.

Works Cited

"Bring the Pain." Dir. Mark Tinker. By Shonda Rhimes. Episode #5. Grey's Anatomy. By Shonda Rhimes. ABC. 23 Oct. 2005. Television.

"Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response." By Joan Rater and Tony Phelan. Dir. Rob Corn. Prod. Shonda Rhimes. Episode #26. Grey's Anatomy. Prod. Shonda Rhimes. ABC. 5 May 2006. Television.

Quick, Brian L. "The effects of viewing Grey's Anatomy on perceptions of doctors and patient satisfaction. (Report)." Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 53.1 (2009): 18-38. Print.

"U.S. television ratings for Grey's Anatomy." Table. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 9 Mar. 2014. Web. 10 Mar. 2014. .

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