Tag: Doctors in the Movies
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Doctor Cabbie: No good deed goes unpunished
Howard FischerUppsala, Sweden “I was bound by an oath that I took.”– Doctor Cabbie Doctor Cabbie (2014) begins with Deepak V. Chopra (played by Vinay Virmani) reciting the Hippocratic Oath along with his graduating class from the University of New Delhi. The face of this newly-minted doctor is glowing with joy. He has fulfilled his…
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Movie review: Pressure Point – treating the hateful patient
Howard Fischer Uppsala, Sweden “You sing ‘My country ’tis of thee’ while they walk all over you.” — The patient, Pressure Point German American Bund rally (1938 or 1939). From “Battle of the United States”, produced by Army Information Branch, Army Pictorial Service, Air Forces, and Navy Department in cooperation with all united…
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Screenwriting: psychiatry in reverse
Stephen Potts Edinburgh, United Kingdom Introduction Good Will Hunting publicity poster The subject matter of medicine is inherently dramatic. Decisions taken by professionals who are highly skilled, but still human and therefore flawed, are applied to suffering patients in situations of pressure and can have radically diverse outcomes: life or death; disability or cure:…