Clinical Ethics on Film [electronic resource] : A Guide for Medical Educators /
Rosenthal, M. Sara.author.
This book discusses feature films that enrich our understanding of doctor-patient dilemmas. The book comprises general clinical ethics themes and principles and is written in accessible language. Each theme is discussed and illuminated in chapters devoted to a particular film. Chapters start with a discussion of the film itself, which shares details behind the making of the film; box-office and critical reception; casting; and other facts about production. The chapter then situates the film in a history of medicine and medical sociology context before it delves into the clinical ethics issues in the film, and how to use it as a teaching aid for clinical ethics. Readers will understand how each film in this collection served to bring particular clinical ethics issues to the public’s attention or reflected medico-legal issues that were part of the public discourse. The book is a perfect instructor's guide for anyone teaching bioethics, healthcare ethics, medical sociology, medical history, healthcare systems, narrative medicine, or nursing ethics.
Part 1: END OF LIFE ON FILM -- Chapter 1: If I Was Restricted to One Film: Wit (2001) -- Chapter 2: It’s Really About Cruzan and Quinlan: Whose Life is It, Anyway? (1981)  -- Chapter 3: Closure and Family Systems: My Life (1993) -- Chapter 4: “Bye, Bye, Life”: All That Jazz (1979) -- Part 2: FILMS ABOUT COMPETENCY AND DECISION-MAKING CAPACITY -- Chapter 5: One Eye and an Alphabet: Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)  -- Chapter 6: The Successful Delusional: K-PAX (2001) -- Chapter 7: Malingering and Nursing Ethics: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) -- Chapter 8: Dementia and Capacity: Still Alice (2014) -- Part 3: FILMS ABOUT BENEFICENCE  -- Chapter 9: “Am I Good Man, or a Bad Man?” The Elephant Man (1980)  -- Chapter 10: Pediatric Ethics and the Limits of Parental Authority: Lorenzo’s Oil (1992) -- Chapter 11: Weighing Clinical Goods over Clinical Harms: Awakenings (1990) -- Chapter 12: “She Threw Up in her Mask”: The Verdict (1982) -- Chapter 13: “How Many Dead Hemophiliacs Do You Need?” And The Band Played On (1993) -- Chapter 14: The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Miss Evers’ Boys (1997) -- Chapter 15: Physician-Assisted Suicide: You Don’t Know Jack (2010).  -- Part 5: ORGANIZATIONAL ETHICS AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION -- Chapter 16: The U.S. Healthcare System: Sicko (2007) -- Chapter 17: We Heal No One; We Do Nothing: The Hospital (1971) -- Chapter 18: Some Good Parts: The Transplant Films -- PART 6: PROFESSIONALISM AND HUMANISM -- Chapter 19: A Classic for a Reason: The Doctor (1991)  -- Chapter 20: A Home Healthcare Gem: Passion Fish (1992) -- Chapter 21: A Tale of Two Colleagues and Pediatric Surgery: Something the Lord Made (2004).
This book discusses feature films that enrich our understanding of doctor-patient dilemmas. The book comprises general clinical ethics themes and principles and is written in accessible language. Each theme is discussed and illuminated in chapters devoted to a particular film. Chapters start with a discussion of the film itself, which shares details behind the making of the film; box-office and critical reception; casting; and other facts about production. The chapter then situates the film in a history of medicine and medical sociology context before it delves into the clinical ethics issues in the film, and how to use it as a teaching aid for clinical ethics. Readers will understand how each film in this collection served to bring particular clinical ethics issues to the public’s attention or reflected medico-legal issues that were part of the public discourse. The book is a perfect instructor's guide for anyone teaching bioethics, healthcare ethics, medical sociology, medical history, healthcare systems, narrative medicine, or nursing ethics.
Bioethics.
Medical ethics.
Communication.
Social medicine.
Public health laws.
Bioethics.
Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.
Media and Communication.
Medical Sociology.
Medical Law.