What Is Patient Treatment In The Awakenings

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The two main issues in this movie were patient treatment and experimental drug use. Both topics are very important when it comes into conversation. These are sensitive topics to talk about especially when talking about psychology or even psychiatric centers. In relation to the movie “Awakenings” these were two key situations. Throughout watching the movie I found that the patient treatment was unfair. Most of the doctors didn’t want to treat the patients the way Dr. Sayer did. Leonard, one of the patients at the psychiatric facility had been there for a while when Dr. Sayer came in. Towards the middle of the movie Leonard wanted to go for a walk. In my opinion I believe the patients should have the freedom to take a walk but only if on campus. The doctors in the movie disagreed and did not think the patients should be able to take walks. This was unfair to the patients who were always inside of …show more content…

My thoughts on this is that it should not be done. The movie gives a clear example of why this should not be done. I believe that experimenting is okay but not when someone’s health is at risk. Dr. Sayer gave Leonard and the other patients L-Dopa, this drug is used to treat Parkinson’s disease. The patient's Dr. Sayer was treating did not have Parkinson’s disease but had symptoms of it. It was wrong to give these patients this drug because they did not have the disease the drug was for. In the end of the movie Leonard started having side effects from the drug. In experimental material this was good because the doctors found the drug did not work. It was also wrong, it gave Leonard false hope that he would be better when he wasn’t. Another reason why experimental drug use is wrong is because sometimes the patients suffer. Leonard suffered after taking the drug for so long, he was unable to control himself. This made Leonard suffer mentally because he wanted to get better for himself and the people he

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