Table 1 Key Points in Wiseman's Medical Documentaries
From: Teaching medicine through film: Wiseman's medical trilogy revisited
Core Educational Points | |
|---|---|
Titicut Follies | • Role of asylums in forensic psychiatry • Force-feeding controversy • Informed consent • Psychoparmacology in psychiatry • When to revoke privileges |
Hospital | • Role of ED in healthcare systems • Insurance (and lack thereof) • Bureaucracy in healthcare • Social welfare safety nets • Race and diversity in illness |
Near Death | • Consensus among healthcare professionals • Shared-decision model • How to communicate that a patient’s condition is irreversible and terminal • How to assist families in accepting a bad outcome • The role for patient autonomy in a serious illness |