Does doctor know best? / produced by Columbia University Seminars on Media and Society ; producers, Betsy Miller, Martha Elliott ; directed by David Deutsch
A panel of medical experts discuss the ethics of doctor-patient relationships. Using the case of a young woman diagnosed as having cancer who subsequently becomes pregnant, the panelists discuss how much the patient should be told, who is in charge of selecting medical treatment, and whether doctors should allow their patients to commit suicide. Doctors from the National Cancer Institute and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center discuss controversies created by modern medicine with C. Everett Koop, journalist Ellen Goodman, and others
Notes
With content drawn from literature, the Bible, European tradition and contemporary American problems, series promotes the use of the Socratic method to build analytical skills and think through ethical dilemmas
Coordinated with "Ethics in America, published by Prentice-Hall, 1989
Performer
Moderator, Arthur Miller ; series host, Fred W. Friendly
File Type
Graphic file (Streaming video; 57 min.)
Notes
High school/college
9-12+
Mode of access: Windows Media Player, World Wide Web
