The Cycle of Life: The Delgado Case Study

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The Cycle of Life: The Delgado Case Study

Acute Phase

I find the comment by Dr Tim Delgado, “This is my wife' as well as “Alison and I were a team, we have always been a team” moving. As a lab professional, I would be thinking about the tests that should be taken to ensure that any operations can be conducted.

Sub-Acute Phase

Some of significant barriers to communication include inability of the patient (Alison) to communicate, competing demands, and background noise from the aircraft. However, active listening, feedback and knowledge of the receiver (Dr Tim Delgado) facilitated communication and collaboration. Also, using simple language, being straightforward, active listening and speaking clearly promotes communication.

Rehabilitation Phase

Interprofessional collaboration among the members of the healthcare team ensures the provision of better patient outcomes. Some of the goals of the rehabilitation process include getting Alison back on her feet (improving her motor skills) and improving her strength and balance.

Setback Phase

I was frightened that she might not be able to survive the latest setback but, in the end, she came out just fine. Allowing Tim to stay with his wife was vital because he was a source pf psychological support to Alison and a source of support for better recovery Also, it was in line with the ethical value of autonomy.

Return to Normal

My thoughts are that a return to medical practice after the excruciating encounters involving his wife is an opportunity for him to save more lives. Understanding pre-existing “normal” ensures that there is a clear path to recovery because there is knowledge about what would be normal for the patient. The situation and encounters has enabled Tim and Alison to understand and appreciate; firsthand, the importance of interprofessional collaboration in healthcare.

Reflective Essay

I will remember the importance of not giving up on patients and always doing the best to save lives. The alternate profession of psychiatry led to better recovery because the approaches used enabled her to get back to normal. The similarities between medical laboratory professional’s role and psychiatric role is that they both seek to ensure a return to normalcy for the patient. I have learned that interdisciplinary teams can be faced with different challenges such as communication barriers which when not addressed can affect patient outcomes. I have also learned from groupmates that we have different perspectives about matters in the case study but the importance of interdisciplinary practice is key.

38.QUESTION

 Film - "The Visitor"  

Film on visitors

watch the film The Visitor, and respond to a series of questions. In the film, there is a protagonist and a different social conflict that offers you an opportunity to explore an experience different from your usual family, work, community or group experience. The difference may relate to gender, ethnicity, racial identity, religion. spirituality and the full spectrum of beliefs, political ideology, sexual orientation, age, economic/class status, national identity, immigration status, and different abilities.

I. How do the protagonists or social conflicts in The Visitor offer an opportunity for you to explore a lived experience that is different from yours? 2. Who is the visitor? (And why?) 3. How do factors of intersectionality at the micro level. (e.g. class, age, ethnicity, immigration status etc.) of the lived experience reflect multiple inter-locking systems of privilege and oppression at the macro, social structural level (e.g. racism, classism, ageism etc.). 4. What specific examples of are there of group put downs, stereotypes, myths, and conflicts? How do these alter, develop or change in the film? 5. How do examples of oppression, marginalization, discrimination, ethno-centrism, privilege and powerlessness affect the experiences, interactions and growth of the character(s) in the film? 6. Using the film as an example, discuss Freire’s, (2006) observation that “the oppressors do not perceive their monopoly on having more as a privilege which dehumanizes others and themselves…The oppressed are regarded as potential enemies who must be watched.” (p. 59)
7. Using the film as an example, in the context of “humanization” and “dehumanization”, what does Rehr (2006) mean when he observes that “almost always the oppressed, instead of striving for liberation tend to become oppressors” (p.4.5)? 8. What examples of strengths. perseverance, empowerment, resilience, pride, and/or determination did you observe among the characters’ behaviors and the playing out of social conflicts in the film?
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10. What did you learn about your own biases from the experience of watching the film and writing this paper?
12. If the chosen visitor were your client, how might you define the primary issue?

ANSWER

Response to Questions Based on McCarthy’s The Visitor

Question 1

The protagonists in The Visitor; who include Walter Vale, Tarek, and Zainab, enable me to explore lived experiences that are different from mine. Specifically, Walter Vale represented a world and lived experience of the privileged and empowered in society. In contrast, Tarek and Zainab represent the world of the oppressed immigrants who face deportation. Through the differences in Walter Vale, Tarek, and Zainab's experiences, I get an opportunity to explore a lived experience of immigrants, which is different from my experiences about life and the world in general.

Question 2

            The visitor in the film is Tarek, an immigrant from Syria who irregularly comes to the US. One of the reasons why Tare is the visitor in the film is because he not only enters illegally to the US but also stays a short time before he is captured, taken into an incarceration facility in Queens, and ultimately deported to Syria (McCarthy, 2007). He is a visitor in the sense that he came to the US, studied the country's culture, and then forced back to Syria. Also, he is a visitor in Walter Vale’s Manhattan apartment and a visitor in Queens incarceration facility where he learns about the bureaucracy of the US systems.

Question 3

Factors of intersectionality at the micro-level, such as the low class and illegal immigration status of Tarek and Zainab, reflect the multiple-interlocking systems of privilege and oppression at the macro and social structural level. Notably, the intersectionality of different factors, such as class, religion, and immigration, gives rise to various disadvantages (Ridgeway & Kricheli-Katz, 2013; Viruell-Fuentes, Miranda, & Abdulrahim, 2012). The intersection of class and immigration status of both Tarek and Zainab reflects how the aspects of classism and racism have been entrenched into American society. For instance, due to his low class and immigration status, Tarek is arrested and taken into incarceration and transported back to Syria without being heard (McCarthy, 2007). Such aspects at the micro-level are reflections of oppression at the social structural level.

Question 4

 Some examples of group putdowns include when Tarek’s Mother and his girlfriend Zainab decide against going to see her at incarceration because of the fear that they might be deported. Stereotypes are seen when Tarek is arrested for not paying fare even though he had actually done so (McCarthy, 2007). He is stereotyped because of the color of his skin. However, the specific example of myths is when Tarek and Zainab mistakeably believe that Walter Vale was going to be harsh to them because of their immigration status. Finally, conflicts arise in terms of the competing values of Walter Vale. However, these develop and change in the film, because Tarek and Zainab realize that Walter was a kind person who could not evict them from his house, merely because they were immigrants.

Question 5

            Oppression by the NYPD officers affects Tarek, Zainab, and Mouna's experiences because, although they thought the US would offer them better opportunities, they get a negative experience. Also, the marginalization of immigrants such as Tarek changes the notion that the US is a free society where every person can achieve their dreams. Discrimination demonstrated by Tarek's arrest, despite not having done anything wrong, affects his ability to have a positive experience about the US. Moreover, the NYPD officers' ethnocentrism through the preconception that Tarek could not have paid his fare makes him have a negative experience about the members of the NYPD (McCarthy, 2007). However, the privilege experienced by Walter Vale ensures that he can help the powerless in society. Finally, the powerlessness of the illegal immigrants in the film makes them experience life as unfair to those in the low-class category.

Question 6

            Freire (2006) observed that the oppressors never perceive their monopoly on having more as one of the privileges, which dehumanizes others and themselves. Such a statement is demonstrated in the film where Walter Vale does not think his monopoly of owning a house where both Tarek and Zainab lived was privileged, which dehumanized him and other people of his stature. He did not believe that Tarek and Zainab felt threatened by the fact that he was the owner. Also, Freire (2006) adds that the oppressed are always regarded as potential enemies who ought to be watched. In the film, the NYPD saw Tarek (an oppressed) as a potential enemy who deserved to be arrested and incarcerated.

Question 7

            The concept of humanization happens when Walter, in the film, treats Tarek and Zainab- two illegal immigrants, as people deserving of the same rights as him. However, dehumanization happens when Tarek is arrested and incarcerated by the NYPD as if he did not deserve to be in the US. When Freire (2006) states that the oppressed become oppressors instead of striving to liberate themselves, he means that the positive attitude of the oppressed makes them oppressors because thy do not take active actions to ensure emancipation from oppression. For instance, when Zainab and Mouna failed to take measures to save Tarek, then they become oppressors.

Question 8

            Strengths are seen when both Mouna gets the courage to come to New York to follow up on the whereabouts of his son (Tarek). However, perseverance occurs when Tarek does not engage in outbursts but rather perseverance even after being arrested for a crime he did not commit. Empowerment is seen when Walter offers Tarek and Zainab a place to live and also get a lawyer for Tarek to ensure that he could realize his dream of getting a better opportunity in the US. Resilience is seen by how Mouna bounces back from his son's arrest to enjoy living together with Walter. An example of pride, in the film, is when Tarek and Zainab, intend to get out of Walter’s house even though they did not have anywhere else to go (McCarthy, 2007). I observed determination when Walter was focused on ensuring that Tarek gets an opportunity to stay in the US by hiring him a lawyer. However, playing out of social conflicts arises when Mouna and Walter remain in the same house but have different cultures and practice which conflict with each other.

Question 9

From the different cultures in the film, I learned that some cultures are very conservative, whereas others are a little bit liberal. For instance, the Muslim culture exhibited by Tarek and Zainab is traditional because when Tarek was arrested, Zainab could not live in the same house as Walter. Also, I learned that people from the same culture could have different behaviors. For instance, whereas Tarek and Zainab came from the Islamic culture, Tarek was more open, friendly, and trusting, whereas Zainab was reserved, suspicious, and taciturn (McCarthy, 2007). However, Walter's kindness demonstrates how some people from the American culture can be good, whereas others such as the NYPD officers were prejudicial. As such, I have learned about the differences in people's customs and beliefs from different cultures.

Question 10

            After watching the film, I have learned that I am biased towards people based on their status and class. For instance, I thought that Walter Vale, being a privileged and white person, was going to evict Tarek and Zainab from his Manhattan house because they were illegal immigrants. However, my bias was busted because Walter showed kindness and support to the immigrants. Also, my inclination was that the illegal immigrants in the film were going to exhibit some negative attitudes and behaviors. However, the film has demonstrated that unlawful immigrants could harmoniously stay together with other people. For instance, Tarek welcomed Walter to the djembe, a West African drum played in a fusion jazz group.

Question 12

 If Tarek (my chosen visitor) were my client, I would define the primary issue as fear and anxiety. Fear arises from the fact that Tarek was an illegal immigrant from Syria, and he was afraid of being arrested because of his immigration status (McCarthy, 2007). Also, he was anxious while in the incarceration facility because he did not know what would happen to his mother, Mouna, and his partner, Zainab. The fear of living in a society where he was unsure whether he would be accepted is an aspect that could be witnessed throughout the film. If Tarek were my client, I would seek ways to handle these primary issues.