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Are shows like ER, House, and Greys Anatomy really that unrealistic?

Posted on Sep 24th 2007 3:07PM by Rigel Celeste
Depending on how much you know about health care and the medical field you may or may not notice all the missteps that happen regularly on TV shows. Despite the occasional mispronunciation of a medical term by an actor, the "hollywoodizing" (yeah, I know that's not actually a word) goes much deeper. The most commonly exaggerated or misrepresented issues are:
  • Organ donation
  • Nurses roles
  • Range of doctors' expertise
  • Frequency of hospital romances
We all know that TV isn't real, and that everything is sensationalized for entertainment value. But it is sad that organ donation specifically is often portrayed negatively -- people have a hard enough time making that decision!

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