Clinical Ethics on Film

This book discusses feature films that enrich our understanding of doctor-patient dilemmas. The book comprisesgeneral clinical ethics themes and principles and is written in accessible language. Each theme is discussed and illuminatedinchapters devoted to a particular film. Chapters startwith 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,healthcareethics, medical sociology, medical history,healthcaresystems, narrative medicine, or nursing ethics.