tailieunhanh - Ebook Neurocinema - when film meets neurology: Part 2

(BQ) Part 2 book “Neurocinema - when film meets neurology” has contents: Withdrawal of support in film, family conflicts on level of care in film, experimentation in film, compassion failure in film, rehabilitation in film, traumatic brain injury in film, psychic after coma, enhancing brain function, and other contents. | Chapter 4 Neuroethics in Film The only thing worse than your kid dying on you is him wanting to. The Sea Inside (2004) INTRODUCING MAIN THEMES Neurologic disease invites cinematic treatment of commonly encountered bioethical concerns. As expected, the interest of screenwriters is piqued by major topics such as euthanasia in devastating neurologic disease, brain death, and organ donation (and the far more entertaining topic of organ trafficking). Unethical experimentation and lack of informed consent are always of interest and are bound to provoke the audience, and some screenwriters are willing to go an extra mile. In An Act of Murder (1948) there is a “mercy killing” when a brain tumor causes unbearable pain. In this film, the patient is killed in a car crash caused by her lover in an attempt to end it all. He survives and has to stand trial to argue his motivation, and does so with success. Medical ethics can be largely ignored, and who does not remember Frankie (Clint Eastwood) in Million Dollar Baby (2004) sneaking into the hospital ward to disconnect a paralyzed ex-boxer from the ventilator? Such scenes get media attention, but we do not know if Hollywood cares about this misrepresentation. In reality, there are major challenges to be dealt with, and some of it is desperately sad. There is the decision of whether to withdraw care in patients when treatment is considered futile; the decision of patients not to proceed with long-term care; and conflicting situations within families. 149 150   ◾    Neurocinema: When Film Meets Neurology There are also sociologic concerns. When to move a family member with advanced dementia to a nursing home has been addressed in feature films. Ethics in film also may involve the compassionate care of neurologic patients. These bioethical topics are portrayed in many films and touch all specialties, and thus are a potentially rich source of teaching and discussion. The examination of neuroethics in film can be very .

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