"Dragonfly" and "Science of Unitary Human Beings"

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This paper examines the concept of grief leading to delusions as developed in the movie, "Dragonfly," according to Martha E. Rogers's "Science of Unitary Human Beings" to determine its implications for nursing practice, followed by a summary of the research in the conclusion.

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"When people become convinced that something is taking place that transcends the ability of normal senses to understand, they frequently look for answers in extrasensory or spiritual frameworks. Martha E. Rogers provides a framework for nurses to view every individual as a whole and unitary human being with an energy field which is in process with the surrounding environmental energy field. In the movie, "Dragonfly," Dr. Joe Darrow (played by Kevin Costner) is severely shaken when he learns that his beautiful physician wife, Emily (played by Susanna Thompson from ABC-TV's "Once and Again") had died in a bus accident while performing charitable work in the mountains of Venezuela. To get over his grief and disillusionment, Joe takes on bone-crushing hours in the hospital's ER just so that he can get his mind off of Emily's untimely passing. The strain of losing his wife combined with the stress of his professional responsibilities causes Dr. Darrow to experience delusional episodes in which he comes to be convinced that his dead wife is trying to communicate with him. While the movie itself is universally regarded as abysmal, the point about grief leading to delusions is not lost on Rogerian scholars."

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