Thanks to all who have responded to my question about movies with
paternalist issues.
I'd like to point something out though, at the risk of 'soap-boxing' --
only 'Patch Adams' and the William Hurt movie are closed captioned.  (I"m
still trying to get info on 'Wit'.)  Essentially, what this means is that
Deaf, deaf or hard of hearing instructors (like me, and i know there's at
least one other deaf person on the list ) cannot easily access this
information, nor can Deaf, deaf, or hard of hearing students.  Reading a
script or watching an interpreter is a very different experience than
watching a movie. At best, it is frustrating.

So, this is just a suggestion that if you have deaf or hard of hearing
students, you might want to think about inclusion and show a movie that all
can appreciate.  I mention this because it's been my experience that
FABsters are very interested in creating an inclusive classroom environment.

Stepping off my soapbox,

Teresa

P.S.  FYI - the upper case "Deaf" indicates a person with audiological
hearing loss, uses a signed language and identifies/socializes with a
community of people like herself.  The lower case 'deaf' refers to people
with severe to profound hearing loss who do not use a signed language and
who socialize exclusively in the hearing world.   Both groups, as well as
hard of hearing people, are likely to have difficulty understanding movies
that are not captioned or subtitled.



Teresa Burke
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--On Wednesday, November 13, 2002 9:03 PM -0500 Alison Crane
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I've got some resources both for getting ahold of Dax resources, and pop
> cinema dealing with medical paternalism.
>
> (1) Here are some links to information about videos and a Routledge
> multimedia CD-Rom regarding Dax Cowart.
>
> Routledge Multimedia CD-Rom including clips of interviews from "Dax's
> Case" ("A Right to Die? The Dax Cowart Case"):
> http://www.routledge.com/indepth/dax_main.html
>
> Literature and Medicine Database
> (Info on "Dax's Case", including video source at Concern For Dying):
> http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webfilms/dax.s.cas
> e11 4-film-.html
>
> Literature and Medicine Database
> (Info on short version, "Please Let Me Die", including video source):
> http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webfilms/please.le
> t.m e.die105-film-.html
>
> Partnership for Caring
> (Info on ordering videos about death and dying, including the classic
> "Dax's Case"):
> http://www.partnershipforcaring.org/Store/videos_content.html
>
> (2) As regards pop films about medical paternalism, I found this 1998
> review of just such a thing:  http://www.med.mun.ca/munmed/103/CRELLIN.htm
>
> The beginning of Patch Adams also has some bits that may be useful re:
> paternalism, although it quickly devolves into saccharine idealism:
> http://www.efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=556&reviewer=79
>
> And, of course, there's "W;t", the great and very readable play by
> Margaret Edson, adapted into a fine film by HBO Studios starring Emma
> Thompson. That's available on VHS and DVD through Amazon, and probably at
> your local video store.  The bioethicsl issues related to paternalism
> are, according to Nicole Smith,
> http://web.carroll.edu/msmillie/bioethics/movierecs.htm:
>
> "This movie is about a woman who uses her wit as a defense mechanism
> during her
> battle with ovarian cancer. The main bioethical issues seen in this movie
> deal with paternalism vs. autonomy. The doctor's see this woman as a
> research project, and very persuasively "tell" her what to do. Although
> she does consent to the harsh experimental treatment, she does so with
> hopes of recovering. She later finds out that the doctors knew all along
> that she would not survive the cancer, but they wanted to see if a person
> could survive all 8 full-dose treatments of chemotherapy. In the end, she
> decides to have a DNR code, even though the doctor's want to keep her
> alive as long as possible for their research."
>
> I hope this has been helpful.
>
> Best,
>   Alison Crane
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adrianne McEvoy" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 2:51 PM
> Subject: Re: Movie with paternalist issues?
>
>
>> Does anyone know where I can find/order/borrow a copy of the Dax tape - I
> have wanted to use it for a medical ethics course for several years now,
> but nobody seems to know where I can find a copy (the one I saw, years
> ago, has long since been lost)
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Adrianne McEvoy, Ph.D.
>> Philosophy Department
>> 2 Plassmann Hall
>> St. Bonaventure University
>> St. Bonaventure, NY 14778