Talk:Aurora Emery/@comment-37484301-20190510152727/@comment-36277500-20190518201313

Fearless Diva Believe me, he is. If you don't believe me, believe the definitions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullying_in_medicine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workplace_bullying#Medicine

Many things fit: By "darker side of Ethan", I mean that he's a psychopath or has some other personality disorder. Probably he was abused as a child, what is hinted during his brainscan (aggression as response to MC's question about his childhood). It's just a tip of iceberg. If you read the whole article and - I encourage you to do it - the linked sources, you would probably find more "random similarities" between Open Heart and definition of bullying in medicine.
 * being humiliated by teachers in front of patients or peers (What happened in chapter 1 after patient with haemothorax, in front of nurses and patients? What happened after Annie's reanimation, in front of Jackie and Annie?)
 * being put under pressure to carry out a procedure without supervision (Why Ethan forced MC to solve Annie's case without his supervision, despite knowing the answer from the start?)
 * A bully's mistakes are always concealed or blamed on underlings or circumstances beyond their control (also Annie's case!)
 * persistent destructive criticism, sarcastic comments and humiliation in front of colleagues will cause all but the most resilient of trainees to lose confidence in themselves (What happened often during morning routes? How Ethan treated Landry in front of Mr. Knoblauch?)
 * threatening (in chapter 1, if you remind Ethan that you have a name, he threatens you to fire you; in chapter 2, after Annie's anaphylactic shock, Ethan again throws menacing words about you leaving hospital - in a veiled form, but he blames you for what was his own negligence)
 * Consultants who feel burnt out and alienated may take their disaffection out on junior colleagues (Ethan has some problems in both work and private life. And takes it out interns. For example Sienna, whom he chewed only because she had a human heart and mourned for "sad cases"...)
 * Mental disorders in bullies (Ethan has some illusion of grandeur ("I'm second best doctor in USA"). He manipulates MC like a puppet in chapters: 2 (Annie) and 9 (rude patient), and in some diamond scenes when he plays twisted mind games to "deconstruct" MC's psyche and built it according to his will - as he thought he was a God! Not to mention than he sometimes played with patient's life "to give MC a lesson"...
 * "indifferent" Zaid also insults interns and depreciate value of their work "if you win, you won't deserve it", he's passive-aggressive towards MC "I hope you get fired, from the bottom of my heart" etc.) Literally everytime he opens his dirty mouth, he spits only hateful comments (even Ethan isn't such hateful troll, I must admit).

It's not that "sticks and stones may hurt you, but words do not"... It's actually vice versa - verbal abuse, humiliation and harassment may drive you to depression and even suicide.

Believe me, I've experienced ALL of these things listed above, and even more (I was also defamed by perpetrators). If it's not a workplace bullying, I don't know what you call it.

Just imagine that someone does it to YOU - instead of ME or MC.

Beyond its ramifications for victims, disrespect and bullying in medicine is a threat to patient safety because it inhibits collegiality and cooperation essential to teamwork, cuts off communication, undermines morale, and inhibits compliance with and implementation of new practices. Nothing more, nothing less.