Long day

"I think I have too much faith in humanity. You have too little."

Long story short, parents started telling me about how there are really nasty people always lurking at train stations and why it's unsafe 24/7 there.

I suppose medics can't treat themselves, so maybe that makes sense but.. eh.

I just really dislike it when people act in such as way as to create unnecessary justifications for their unnecessary behaviors. A homosexual is not going to turn you into a homosexual. Nor is it extremely risky to be at a platform.

Urgh.

Maybe I'm too idealistic sometimes.

Probably.

I think what concerns me the most about negative stories and such is that I know that person can be better. I don't care who they are - they can be better than their choices.

And I remembered something specific from one of my ethics lectures, she was a pretty good lecturer though:

Paraphrased, too:

"I was treating patients at [a hospital I forgot the name of], near the [prison I forgot the name of]. So of course, my patients were mostly prisoners.

Just for some small talk, I asked my patient what he was in for. I regretted it as soon as I heard his answer.

He told me that he was in for raping a woman. And I just couldn't look at him the same way. I regretted asking that question really badly.

But even so, you can't treat people differently because of who or what they've done. At the end of the day, you're still a doctor, and they're still your patient."

and a different example:

"I was in an ER, and everyone was crowded around a man who had head trauma, but no-one was doing their job effectively.

I pushed past a little, and asked why everyone was like this. They told me that he was a convicted paedophile. That idea disgusted everyone so much that they couldn't even do their job properly."

So I suppose that's what we are. Compassionate, ethical individuals who care about people and not their actions. I suppose it's a fine distinction to make and it seems really hard...

Today's prac was about fluid movement and osmosis mainly, but we did get to look at blood and stuff like that.

Hypo, iso and hypertonic solutions :P

I knew the basics, so this course was more a refresher than anything.

I'll be doing some of the catchup paperwork, but for the most part, it's pretty solid now in my mind.

Unlike immunology....

Also, biohackathon - wow I've got less research done than my team ^^;. I feel like I'm a bad team member/leader.

Anyway, that's it, I better get back to work and stuff. Just got home an hour ago.

Hoping you guys are ontop of stuff.