Two senior doctors make
rounds with new doctors for a month.
The new doctors are not familiar with “the patient tells you the
problem.” By asking questions,
listening and observing the patients they can learn more information about their
conditions than expensive testing.
This film concentrates on a man suffering from heart failure, a young
woman awaiting a heart transplant and another man with life-threatening sleep
apnea that was untreated for years.
$700 billion is spent annually on medical tests and procedures but the
result is a misdiagnoses rate of 20%.
This is interesting
and informative. The reactions of
the patients are different for their heart conditions. Some are willing to talk until someone will listen to
them. Some are in denial and they
don’t understand or want to believe how serious their condition really is. Some will fight to their last breath
and others don’t want to accept the help that can be given to them. 3 ½* (I liked this movie)
64
min, Doc directed by Muffie Meyer with Cardiologists Dr. Valentin Fuster, M.D.,
PhD and Dr. Herschel Sklaroff, M.D. at Mount Sinai Heart Ward.
Note:
Dr. Fuster was on Sesame
Street promoting cardiovascular health in children. A muppet was made in his likeness to continue providing
information on the program.
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