A few new movies have appeared in theaters recently that can be added to what is becoming a growing cannon of films that tackle the many facets and complexities surrounding bioethical issues. Tonight, I saw one of them. This inspired me to compose a list of recent films (plus a classic or two) that help us better understand the medical humanities and perhaps, ourselves as they depict individuals answering the very personal questions of patient autonomy, “What do I want to happen to me, to my body for the sake of my health or medical care?”
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5 Movie Picks with a Bioethics Theme
Posted in the Question of Ethics, tagged bioethics, commercial movies, organ donation, patient autonomy on May 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m Not Gonna Need ‘Em when I’m Dead
Posted in 1st Friday in 1st Person, tagged brain death, featured health observance, organ donation, saving lives on April 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
First Friday in First Person. At the age of 16, my brother made a simple but profound decision that all too soon came to affect a vast circle of people in ways they could not have imagined. I will never forget his excitement as he reached into his wallet to pull out his brand new driver’s license. He was so proud, taking the time to walk me through each element as if I’d never seen one before. He was like that; charismatic, easy-going with an infectious sense of humor. He pointed to the big heart indicating that he was an organ donor. “You’re an organ donor?” I interrogated. “Yeah…I’m not gonna need ‘em when I’m dead,” he replied in a matter-of-fact kind of manner. Such a simple phrase to encompass a basic concept. Yet the implications, the influence, the ultimate impact was in no way simple or basic. Needless-to-say, I never forgot those words. Little did I know, just five short years later, they would serve as the catalyst for my brother’s incredible legacy.
On Valentine’s Day, Give the Ultimate Gift of Love
Posted in on Learning, on Treatment, tagged blood transfusion, bone marrow donation, featured health observance, organ donation on February 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
On this Valentine’s Day, choose to give the ultimate gift of love by giving the gift of life through organ and tissue donation.
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A Minute of Health with CDC- Mumps Makes a Comeback December 24, 2009Since 2006, CDC has documented an increased number of mumps outbreaks. This podcast discusses how mumps is now occurring in teenagers and young adults, after once being thought of as only a childhood disease, and how people in public places are most at risk. Vaccination is still the safest bet to prevent mumps from occurring.
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- Months to Live: Hard Choice for a Comfortable Death: Sedation December 27, 2009Inducing sleep with drugs near the end of life is a widely used treatment even as it vexes families and doctors.
- States With Expanded Health Coverage Fight Bill December 27, 2009States that have already broadened health care coverage say that the Senate overhaul bill unfairly penalizes them.
- Officials Re-examining Organ Transplant Rules December 28, 2009
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- Military helps families find care for special-needs kids December 28, 2009When her husband, a Marine Corps colonel, was transferred last summer from the Pentagon to a base in southern California, Karen Driscoll was forced to confront her autistic child's new school district and the intricacies of federal special education law.
- Maryland cancer-testing firm MarkPap lands first customer December 28, 2009Nenad and Olivera Markovic labored for years to design a low-cost kit that could be used for the early detection of cervical cancer in women in poor and underdeveloped regions. This month, the two Rockville doctors and their start-up firm landed a first customer.
- Obama lists financial rescue as 'most important thing' of his first year December 23, 2009President Obama outlined Tuesday a first-year legislative record that he said rescued the economy and placed it on a path of long-term growth, even as he acknowledged that some unfinished items would probably be more difficult to achieve heading into a midterm election year.
- Military helps families find care for special-needs kids December 28, 2009
- WSJ: Health
- Just How Big Is the Hole in the Medicare Doughnut? December 28, 2009Bridging the gap might be easier if there were more data on how big the hole was and its closing costs down the road.
- SEC: Men Made ‘Illicit Profits’ in Sanofi-Chattem Deal December 24, 2009Sure, there was a logic to Sanofi's $1.9 billion acquisition of Chattem. As we noted a few days back, it's the latest example of a big drug company looking to diversify into the more stable consumer products business. But a couple of investors may have had a bit more insight into the deal than that, the SEC alleged this week. The agency said it obt […]
- Senate Bill: Reactions from Doctors, Insurers, Business, Etc. December 24, 2009The short version: The AMA, drug industry and AARP backed the bill; health insurers and the Chamber of Commerce did not.
- Just How Big Is the Hole in the Medicare Doughnut? December 28, 2009
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