There's this thing called the pregnancy game where you get asked questions about pregnancy and learn more about it as you score higher.
http://www.avert.org/pregnancy-game.htm
You start off with 5 lives on Level 1.
So what I learned is that sperm can live for several days in the body, but for only 24 hours outside of the body. Also, many women suffer from acne while they are pregnant.
I love the show Law & Order: SVU. There was an episode where a mother had 2 children who both turned out to be HIV positive. The whole time she was pregnant she didn't use any antiretrovirals because a doctor that she went to told her there was no evidence that HIV lead to AIDS so she had nothing to worry about. As a result she died because she felt no need to take medications to control her HIV. A question that was posed that I'm still wondering about is, is the doctor truly at fault when it is posted everyone that it is a widely-known belief that HIV causes AIDS. The doctor gave his professional opinion but it was up to her to choose to take the word of one doctor opposed to hundreds of doctors that believe the opposite.
The theme song for Law & Order is forever etched into my mind....anyway do they ever base their cases off of true life? I wonder if there every truly would be a doctor who would say such a thing to a patient. I would have to think the doctor could be found negligent in that case due to the wide variety of information available to all physicians when it comes to HIV. When did the medication for pregnant women with HIV come into use to help them prevent the spread to their children?
ReplyDeleteHow crazy is that?! I do appreciate now that I have found ways to relate the course to things I see in the media, in other classes...life in general. This reminds me of something from our Transmission packet that stated that in Florida is LAW that doctors offer HIV testing to their pregnant patients.
ReplyDeleteYea I believe Law & Order's theme song is etched in many minds all over. They have the disclaimer that they're not based off of cases in true life, but they take different stories from the headlines and put their own spin on them. I've looked to try and find out when the medication for pregnant women came into use but they have been replacing the medications each year as modern technology develops more and more. The oldest one I found was developed in 1987. According to avert.org
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