This reflection blog was one of the most influential to my writing style because the analysis of Gawande's writing style inspired my HCP. This reflection blog asked for us to observe Gawande's use of narrative to describe a problem. The use of narratives throughout the text helps the reader connect to the text. In this way, I decided to reflect that writing style into my HCP. Since I had already incorporated a narrative to my introduction, I decided to continue this pattern and connect the problem aspects back to the story. 

BLOG: Gawande begins part two "Doing Right" of his book with a chapter called "Naked". This chapter discusses the lack of guidelines when working with patients that need to undress. He uses several other narratives that explain the different protocols doctors from other countries take when undressing is required. All of the narratives circulate around the idea that undressing is a sensitive mater. The author does a good job to make that fact clear, especially in situations where the doctor is male and the patient female. He later goes on to tell the audience that the united states does not offer many guidelines for doctors to interact with their patient in the "naked" situation.
Throughout this chapter, Gawande is developing his argument that there needs to be more "uniform professional standards". He is telling his audience that this is a serious matter, and doctors and patients need to be protected in these situations. Gawande does offer insight in his solutions to make the experience of the patient and doctor better. However, as the chapter ends he discusses problems that arise within those solutions. His overall message of betterment being "No choice will always be right. There are ways, however, to make our choices better" (Gawande 83). That being said, Gawande is advising to his audience that it is a complicated system but better choices can be made. He is eliminating the idea that it is possible to be right in the medical field but rather better.
This chapter begins with a description of a scene in an Afghanistan movie that exemplifies the process of a medical examination. In this narrative, there is a female patient and a male doctor that interact the very least amount of times. Gawande includes a section of dialogue for this narrative. The dialogue is between the patient's son and the doctor. This highlights the idea that the interaction between the patient and doctor is extremely sensitive, they do not even directly address each other. The use of this narrative as an opening to the chapter helped build Gawande's argument because it let the audience see the sensitivity that comes in the relationship of doctor and patient. He is able to use this narrative as a comparison to the United States not having as many regulations where it is vital to have some. He triggers the audience's emotions to interpret this story as being "extreme" because they have not encountered this level of privacy in their doctor's appointments.
"$5.67 is your total" said the cashier at the Phoenix Grill. She had just ordered a bagel and had officially gone over her weekly budget. She had not ate all day and frankly, her stomach was beginning to make noises that might not even be human. Last night, she spent a little too much on dinner when she went to chipotle. The day before that she had gone grocery shopping. Between paying for her books, monthly rent, and food, she was running low on funds. The only food items in her kitchen were cereal and chips, that would only last for so long.

In this narrative, I am discussing that there needs to be betterment in my budgeting and on the price of food.