When doctors become patients. About the film, The Doctor (1991)
Abstract The film portrays the life of a gloomy and egocentric heart surgeon concerned more about illnesses than to the ill ones, who one day must experience the dreadful effects of such attitude in person. An untimely hemoptysis will lead to the diagnosis of a malignant tumor of the larynx to be treated by radiotherapy. That denial quite common among patients here borders on the unbelievable since a medical teacher cannot constitute a target for intervention. Amid long waits, administrative masses, and the unkindness of the doctor-patient relationship, he meets June, undergoing treatment for a brain tumor with whom he will establish a kind of coalition in the face of such a threatening journey. From his experience as a patient, his behavior with patients will gradually incorporate a timely amount of empathy towards those who are incidentally discouraged by some ailment. June does not survive the tumor, but he manages to overcome it after surgical removal, now appearing quite committed to redirecting his professional and family life, upon such painful learning.The story continues to be worth telling. We all know about the troubles experienced by many patients on their way to recovering from their lost health.
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Ebert R. Reviews The Doctor. July 24, 1991; [accedido el 13 de enero de 2022].
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Oprisan AAI, Vázquez-Costa M, Costa-Alcaraz AM. El médico como paciente: una experiencia de aprendizaje transformativo. FEM 2016; 19 (1): 9-12.
Álvarez Escobar M del C. ¿Qué pasa cuando el paciente es el medico? Dilema en la relación médico-paciente. Rev. Méd. Electrón. [Internet] 2018; 40(2): 524-526.
Albújar-Baca PF. Cuando el médico es el paciente. Acta Med. Peruana. 2015; 32(3):164-168.http://www.scielo.org.pe/pdf/amp/v32n3/a06v32n3.pdf
Dong M, van Prooijen J-W, van Lange PAM. Self-enhancement in moral hypocrisy: Moral superiority and moral identity are about better appearances. PLoS ONE 2019; 14(7): e0219382.
Batson CD, Thompson ER, Seuferling G, Whitney H, Strongman JA. Moral hypocrisy: Appearing moral to oneself without being so. J Pers Soc Psychol 1999; 77(3):525-537.
Batson CD, Kobrynowicz D, Dinnerstein JL, Kampf HC, Wilson AD. In a very different voice: Unmasking moral hypocrisy. J. Pers. Soc. Psychol. 1997; 72(6):1335-1348.
Batson CD, Thompson ER, Chen H. Moral hypocrisy: Addressing some alternatives. J. Pers. Soc. Psychol. 2002; 83(2): 330-339.
Logan AC, Selhub EM. Vis Medicatrix Naturae: does nature «minister to the mind»? Biopsychosoc. Med. 2012; 6: 11.
Wilson A, Millard C, Sabroe I. Physician narratives of illness. Lancet. 2019; 394(10192): 20-21.
Kneebone R. Dissecting the consultation. Lancet. 2019; 393(10183): 1795.
Marcum JA. The role of emotions in clinical reasoning and decision making. J. Med. Philos. 2013; 38(5): 501-519.
Bottasso, O. (2022). When doctors become patients. About the film, The Doctor (1991). Journal of Medicine and Movies, 18(3), 259–269. https://doi.org/10.14201/rmc.29543
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