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I have become totally addicted to "House". They have picked it up on USA, and are running back to back episodes. And this past weekend they had a "House" marathon.
My husband and I were discussing whether or not we would want Greg House as our doctor. On the one hand - he's obvisouly brilliant. On the other - forget the bedside manner! And also, he comes pretty close to killing each patient before he cures them. But do we blame the doctor or the writers for this flaw? Ah the dichotemy of fictional characters.
So here's the poll: and tell us why or why not.
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This was tough but I said no! I like the show also and feel like I have a hard time trusting him all the time!
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I said no because I'd never want to have one of those weird diseases they have on that show! They just guess at a diagnosis and it usually ends up being something simple. If I were really sick tho, I wouldn't care about the bedside manner.
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I have never watched the show, but i said no, just because of the negative things some are saying. thats a good enough reason for me
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Heck no! Not only does he use "shot gun" medicine - throwing all kinds of "remedies" at the patient before he even knows what is really ailing them, on several occassions his drug abuse has interfered in his ability to make sound medical decisions. Also if you really pay attention, it is his team's work and diagnostic abilities that save the patient - not House.
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I'd rather be the incidental character or passer by who makes a comment innocently and ends up cracking the case for House. ;-)
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well ya i do not expect to ever be in a position to need a doctor like House, but damn if that character ain't the most intelligent bugger in the world. Been loving that show for years!!!!!
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I said "no."
I had a doctor once who was a lot like House (...in terms of temperament, not intelligence). I could only put up with her for, like, 2 visits. After that I switched doctors. She was just awful.
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I said yes. I wouldn't want him for my GP or anything, but if I came down with something no one could diagnose, you're damn right I'd want House to be my doctor then! Yes he makes mistakes but he usually solves the case.
It's how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success. - David Feherty
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I said yes - if I had something bad enough that it got to his attention, I would definitely want him there to doggedly work on it until I was saved
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If I had to make a choice, I'd take brains and skill over bedside manner any day.
House is not a GP in the series, he's an infectious disease specialist and the doctor of last resort.
For every day ills, most people wouldn't put up with a Dr. House attitude. On the other hand, if you were dying and there was a doctor who could help, you wouldn't care if he came in wearing a gorilla suit and smoking a cigar.
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I'm like most of you guys - if my case ever (or my andy of my chlidren's cases) got the the point they needed the expertixe of House, I'm not going tp complain about bedside manner much.
On the other hand, As many and ER doc has come to knwo, They cannot just shoot off medical babble at me and hope that wiil scare me off.
I know most of the lingo used and can catch on pretty quick. So if they start trying to talk over my hed intentionally - then they find me in their face and asking a lot more quetions. Irritating both of us basically.
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If I had the choice I too would take brains over bedside manner.
If I was having say open heart surgery I would want the doctor that got "99% on his final exam" so to speak.
My son had a very serious illness and in an attempt to find out what was causing the condition and finding a solution we went through so many specialists and some of them were so clinical and didn't seem to have any "human" personality in them. When you are in a situaion like that and are desperate you do excuse thier manners. Later though you praise the compassionate ones and call the others an ..... In the end though its all about the diagnosis and the cure.
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Right exactly. I have a nephew who went through all sorts of trauma and grief before they finally figured out what was wrong with him. If they had a really smart but snide person who did it in one day I would have been super happy, and I would have forgiven the snideness
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Exactly !!! Like I said we were desperate and I just wanted an answer and I didn`t care at the time so much how the answer was delivered but that it was delivered.
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I think our personalities would clash too much and he'd end up in the bed beside me. I love watching the show though. I think what makes it so great is the cast attempting to work as a team.
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Right it definitely is more fun to have a disparate group of people trying to work out problems vs a team that is all just lock-step in a matching mindset.
What do you think will happen with 13 and her illness? Will they let her actually get sicker?
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Had to vote yes as a few have said already if your a case for House you wouldn't want anyone else..
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I've haven't really watched House. I find it too odd to hear Hugh Laurie with an American accent. We always loved him in his comedy show with Stephen Fry (A Bit of Fry and Laurie). I think they were at Cambridge together. I rather hope he come back and continue with the comedy...
Joanna Czechowska British Television Editor
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I said no - if I had some strange and dreaded disease, he might help. But, I am not patient with people with his personality. In fact, I used to watch the show religiously, but now I know longer watch it. When they changed the major players I lost interest.
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Yes and Yes...forget the bedside manner and the brushes with death...at the end of the day...he has a pretty good track record of saving life.
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I imagine it depends on how long we thought we had to live too. If we thought it was something minor we might not put up with him - but if we'd gone through 5 years of tests and prodding and nobody could figure it out, and we were down to our final weeks of life, we might be willing to put up with any kind of doctor to figure the problem out.
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Other thing is not many patients really have to deal with House himself they just deal with his team..
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