Soc 490 week 3/4

On Thursday of week four we were able to visit the museum of the minds.  This was an old hospital for patients that were diagnosed with mental issues.  A lot of these issues would not be considered something severe enough to be put in an insane asylum.  It is really amazing how far we have come along with medicine.  The procedures and types of treatments used at this hospital were really hard to believe.  The electric therapy was something that I learned about in my Cognitive Neuropsychology class last year.  It is crazy to think that that method of therapy was used so commonly in that hospital. 

Today we visited the museum of medical arts in Rome.  This as well was very interesting.  Many of the tools used in the hospital were there on display.  Just as the Museum of the Mind, the Museum of Medical Arts was just as intriguing and has made me realize how far we have come with health care.  I thought seeing all the instruments and apothecary sets were very interesting, seeing the fetuses preserved in jars kind of bothered me a little bit.  It was interesting to see but at the same time a little unsettling. 

By visiting these two museums, it has made me realize how far we've come with health care.  The technology we now have helps to save many lives on a day to day basis.   We have many different forms of health care in the United States and they all do not cover the same the needs or procedures.  In Italy, all Italians have the same coverage and have the same access to care as every other citizen.

In order to understand if universal health care benefits everyone is a great question because it is hard to understand unless you live in this society and can see what the system is really like.  I believe that the interviews that we will do with the citizens of Italy will help us to see how this system really works and if it will benefit the citizens of the country.  I have noticed that Italians live their day to day a little bit more healthy than we do.  Italians walk a lot more, and they eat more healthy as well. 

The United States could benefit from a universal health care system just as the Italians have in different ways.  If we change our health care system, we will find the care that we need without having to worry about what coverage we have an what insurance will be accepted.  Newall states, "More than 20,000 people die each year in this famine because they cannot afford the price of for-profit health insurance."  This is one issue that will be solved if we imitate the type of health care system that the Italians use.