Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Screenwriting: psychiatry in reverse

  • Screenwriting: psychiatry in reverse

    Stephen PottsEdinburgh, United Kingdom Introduction 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: a healthy baby born to a healthy…