Wit (The Movie)---Insights!

MishlB · Jan 22, 2005

I saw this movie while in nursing school as well. Very touching and sad, and hopefully will help you understand what patients feel while being hospitalized...dying or not. Another good one to watch is The Doctor with William Hurt. Maybe med students should be watching these films.....hmmmmmm?

stsdoc · Jan 22, 2005

I saw this movie while in nursing school as well. Very touching and sad, and hopefully will help you understand what patients feel while being hospitalized...dying or not. Another good one to watch is The Doctor with William Hurt. Maybe med students should be watching these films.....hmmmmmm?

Funny you should mention that because we watched that film in class last year (in medical school). Very good film. Made me all misty-eyed.

mye614 · Jan 22, 2005

I know this movie is very touching. I actually shed some tears while watching it. About 14 years ago, my family went through the same thing when my Grandma was diagnosed with ovarian cancer (unfortunately, she did not survived it....she held on but couldn't deal with the pain...). In the movie, I was actually disturbed about how the Doctors and other medical personell (except the nurse) treated her (Vivian). She wasn't treated with dignity and was treated as though she was just a "thing" for them to do their research on. Really, this film needs to be seen by medical students. I highly commend the nurse (Susie), she acted and treated the patient with respect and compassion. The simple gesture that she did when the patient was in a coma like state (maybe sedated state)...when she rubbed some lotion in her hand and stayed with her over a popsicle conversation. That is truly an important aspect of nursing....caring and compassion....and listening!