The show House M.D. is about a pain killer addict, arrogant, rude, and a genius doctor who diagnoses and treat patients with the help of his diagnosticians. The show is about his relationship with his colleagues, the way he deals with patients, and how he solves/discovers what is wrong and how to treats them. Although the show is very entertaining, the medical side is not entirely accurate.
To start off, if a doctor were addicted to pain killers then he would lose his job. There is no tolerance for drug abuse in the medical field. The show portrays only the doctor and his team doing everything themselves, when in reality there are several others involved in administering tests, getting the tools ready, and an actual surgeon for surgery. In the medical field there are numerous people involved when it comes to the patient and their treatment.
In some episodes the actual practice of medicine is wrong. The symptoms the doctor diagnosed the patient do not match with the sickness. In real life a doctor does not devote as much time as the doctors in the show do. Season 2 episode 13 is probably the most accurate episode in terms of medicine. On the other hand season 6 episode 6 was the least accurate.
Citations
- http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2012/05/21/the-most-and-least-medically-accurate-episodes-of-house-m-d/2/#57699a96e15f
- https://www.quora.com/How-reflective-is-the-TV-show-House-MD-to-the-real-medical-world
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412142/plotsummary
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