Fact or Fiction?

We’ve all watched a television show or movie and didn’t believe a bit of what we were seeing. Well, it’s not hard to guess the ideas writers come up with is less the realistic, so to speak. For the most part, storylines are created to amuse the general public, or at least in my opinion anyway. There are several shows that have topics that we have no actual background knowledge about the ideas being featured. You know which ones I’m talking about; the ones that are based on medicine, science, law and various other topics. They are the types of shows that, from the opening dialogue, are over our heads. There is no way, without some extensive research, that we would know if the topics covered were real or not. Well, one show I came across has made that issue a little bit easier to resolve.

Grey’s Anatomy is no stranger to odd and over the top diseases or medical situations that the general public doesn’t have much experience with. Thanks to a section of the Grey’s Anatomy page on abc.go.com, it’s very simple to find out whether or not what you’re watching is real or, at the very least, possible. The Case File breaks down exactly what’s going.

It turns out that a lot research has gone into making sure the medical issues presented on the show are possible. The information on the website is even written by the head of research for the show.

For example, when Thatcher Grey needs a kidney transplant, Meredith steps up to help. Now, I certainly don’t doubt that this is possible, but little did I know there is a lot more to the story than the transplant. Well, the site breaks down the various aspects of a partial kidney transplant, gives you some information on finding out if you are a match for someone, and several other issues.

This is example isn’t the exception. The writer, Meg Marinis, does this for every episode and medical issue. It’s really impressive to know that what I’m watching could actually happen. So, next time you’re watching your favorite TV shows, question what you’re seeing and maybe even do a little research into what’s going on in the story. If you’re lucky, the show will help to explain it for you. This is just another example of television opening up the lines to expand what we know.