A dramatised film of a lecture to medical students. Professor Bruce Kerr shows the ethical dilemma in dealing with cases, of not diagnosing the medical problem correctly. Doctors should look not only at the symptoms presented by the patients but also at their social situation which may also reveal the cause. He points out that medicine is the art of insight into the human condition. (Contains footage of Northcote and University of Melbourne.)
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
015495
Language
English
Subject categories
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social problems
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Medicine - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical ethics
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical personnel
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - Study and teaching
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Physicians
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)