The movie “The Miracle of Life” exposed some hidden aspects of human development and the proliferation of cells that I had never seen before. It is one thing to learn about human body and its functions and it entirely another to see it in the raw. I found the journey from egg to foetus to be incredible. It is simply astonishing to realize how many things have to go right to form a healthy baby. We so often learn about the things that can go wrong that we don’t realize how many things almost always go right. The effects of the mother and the prenatal environment are so much more influential than I could ever have imagined.
After the seminar, I had a meal with my family in which I shared some of the findings that we had read about. I spoke with my sister, a family physician and my cousin, a paediatric fellow at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. I began describing all the complications and risk factors that can be induced by the habits and complications during foetal development and even more surprisingly in the delivery room. I had figured that my educated family members who specialized in this field would be well versed in these issues. I was wholly shocked when they began saying that I must have misread the information. They had never heard of any of the issues and links that were drawn between birth weight and disease and also the link between obstetrical complications and delinquency. It seemed to them to be two wholly separate issues entirely. I guess this error stems from the medical field’s focus on the Biomedical Model, while psychology is more properly integrated into the Biopsychosocial Model; allowing for biological, psychological and social aspects to be the components of a person’s overall health. I was slightly jolted to think that I want to go into the field of medicine and yet there is so much that they do not cover and simply ignore. I wonder if I will be able to integrate theses others portions of health in my practise as a physician to treat my patients entirely and offer them the most options that are available. I feel that it will be a struggle to provide such a service. I am looking forward to our seminar with Dr. Doran to see her view of health and wellness. Perhaps I will gain insight into how to practise and integrate her ideas of healing into my future endeavours.
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