Its crazy that this is the last blog for our Soc 490 class. The time here really went by so quickly. I think that it is more bittersweet because I love all my new friends that I've made on this journey but at the same time I cannot wait to go back to the states. Before this trip and this class, I never really cared for politics and especially health care. To this day it is still confusing to me as to how all the minor details work out. But because of this class, I am understanding more and more about health care and even making my own opinion about it.
Last week was a very fun week. For this class, we went to the market and asked Italians to take a quick survey. It was nerve racking at first because we had to speak in Italian in order to communicate. When I tried to talk to them, they would silently laugh at me, but I just got used to it. We asked basic questions such as their age, to rate their health, rate their physician, if they've been in the hospital, about the care they received in the hospital, and what hospital they thought had better doctors.
We each had to interview 10 people and then share our information with 3 others, that way we had a total of 40 results. I have not collected the results of my other partners but I did type mine up to read them better. I found it interesting that 6 out of the 10 people that I interviewed thought that health care was not a good system. That struck me because I do not have the same health care as them and I am against the universal health care and they have the universal health care and they do not think its good.
Our discussion question for this week asks us if the power of prayer can cure disease. We have not discussed this topic in class and my opinion about it is not very confident. I believe that God works in mysterious ways. Medicine works in mysterious ways as well though. If a person has a disease and they get treatment and prayer, it is hard to say which one worked. I have heard several stories of people who have rare cancers that do not have treatment but their friends and family prayed for them and like magic, was cancer free. On the other hand, our bodies are so complex that there is plenty that we do not know yet and for some reason, medically, the person who has disease can be healed with what people may think was prayer.
Aubree,
ReplyDeleteI cannot believe that we are almost done as well! I feel the same way about it being bittersweet because I love all of you guys too but we are all excited to go home as well! I cannot wait to get back together when we go back to Walsh in January!
Aubree,
ReplyDeleteI totally understand how you feel and how this is a bitter sweet time as we come to a conclusion in our trip. I also, can relate to you not caring much for politics and not understanding much of it. Great blog, way to end it with a big BANG!
Ciao Aubree,
ReplyDeleteGood blog. It is bittersweet that things end, but new phases begin. Remember to keep using the readings to help you make sense of the experiences you have. Glad to hear you are understanding more and more.