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Jun. 4th, 2008 10:25 pm( A T T E N T I O N - W H O R I N G )
In other news...the T&G article on Napier's death has me much more upset than I had previously been. Death is always scary, and a death in my department at my school is close enough to home to be unsettling, and I feel really bad for my friends who actually knew him and are affected by his death on a personal level. But the medical malpractice stuff--especially involving mental health--especially involving suicide risk--really, really scares me. The first few times I read the article my immediate response was skepticism, probably just because I really don't want to admit the possibility of hospitals really being that negligent. If anything ever happens to me, or I do anything to myself, I want to believe that the hospital system is there to help me and make me better. If I have to entrust anyone else to the care of a hospital, I want to believe that the hospital is going to actually take care of them. I want to believe that if someone needs medical help, the medical facilities will bloody fucking provide it. That's what hospitals are FOR. And if they can't save someone, then they can't. But if they can, I want to believe they will.
Also, if anything ever happens to me or I do anything to myself in Worcester... don't send me to St. V's.
In other news...the T&G article on Napier's death has me much more upset than I had previously been. Death is always scary, and a death in my department at my school is close enough to home to be unsettling, and I feel really bad for my friends who actually knew him and are affected by his death on a personal level. But the medical malpractice stuff--especially involving mental health--especially involving suicide risk--really, really scares me. The first few times I read the article my immediate response was skepticism, probably just because I really don't want to admit the possibility of hospitals really being that negligent. If anything ever happens to me, or I do anything to myself, I want to believe that the hospital system is there to help me and make me better. If I have to entrust anyone else to the care of a hospital, I want to believe that the hospital is going to actually take care of them. I want to believe that if someone needs medical help, the medical facilities will bloody fucking provide it. That's what hospitals are FOR. And if they can't save someone, then they can't. But if they can, I want to believe they will.
Also, if anything ever happens to me or I do anything to myself in Worcester... don't send me to St. V's.