Clinical Ethics on Film A Guide for Medical Educators /

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...

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Main Author: Rosenthal, M. Sara (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Subjects:
Bioethics.
Medical ethics.
Communication.
Social medicine.
Medical laws and legislation.
ISBN:9783319903743
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Table of Contents:
  • 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).

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