Clinical Ethics on Film

Description

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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxi Front Matter ....Pages 1-2 If I Were Restricted to One Film: Wit (2001) (M. Sara Rosenthal)....Pages 3-25 It’s Really About Quinlan and Cruzan: Whose Life Is It, Anyway? (1981) (M. Sara Rosenthal)....Pages 27-48 Closure and Family Systems: My Life (1993) (M. Sara Rosenthal)....Pages 49-68 “Bye, Bye Life”: All That Jazz (1979) (M. Sara Rosenthal)....Pages 69-81 Front Matter ....Pages 83-85 One Eye and an Alphabet: Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) (M. Sara Rosenthal)....Pages 87-105 Competency and Psychiatry Ethics: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) (M. Sara Rosenthal)....Pages 107-130 Dementia and Capacity: Still Alice (2014) (M. Sara Rosenthal)....Pages 131-152 Front Matter ....Pages 153-154 “Am I a Good Man, or a Bad Man”? The Elephant Man (1980) (M. Sara Rosenthal)....Pages 155-172 Pediatric Ethics and the Limits of Parental Authority: Lorenzo’s Oil (1992) (M. Sara Rosenthal)....Pages 173-194 Weighing Clinical Goods Over Clinical Harms: Awakenings (1990) (M. Sara Rosenthal)....Pages 195-215