summary-of--BRUTE

BrutesummaryTheshortstory,Brutebeginswiththecounseloftheauthor,RichardSelzerthatmedicalstaffshouldneverletyourownemotionsinfluencethepatientsandtheprocessofmedicalpractice.Firstofall,heurgesthoseinmedicalprofessionstoimaginethatwhentheygotoadoctorandtellthemthattheyhavechestpains,allthedoctorsaysinresponseis“I’mtired.”Furthermore,theauthorillustratesthesignificanceoftheaboveviewwiththeexperienceoftreatingablackman.Twenty-fiveyearsago,alarge,strong,rearing,androaringblackmanwithalongwoundonhisforeheadwasescortedbypolicemenintotheEmergencyRoomtogettreatments,whenitwastwoo’clockinthemorningandhewastired.Maybewiththegreatdignity,themanrefusedviolentlytoacceptthetreatment.ThebehaviorsthemanactedonenragedSelzerextremely,whichmadeSelzerthebruteandthesubsequentcruelactionsthathegotthethreadthrougheachearlobeandthenthroughthebed.Finally,Selzercompletedthetreatment,buthehasbeenverysorryandcompunctiousforthebehaviorsincethen.