16-07-2013, 06:46 PM
I've done lots of medical journalism.
For instance, I helped make five series of a BBC2 prime time series called Trust Me, I'm a Doctor, most of it based on original, investigative, research. The title was of course in part ironic.
We made films about turf wars between plastic surgeons and (in lay terms) bone surgeons bickering over who should perform cleft lip and palette surgery on infants.
And we made films about courageous and innovative surgery in war zones where modern medicine wasn't available.
Yes, it's true that if you need to clean a wound of infection and have no drugs, a dressing of honey or sugar may do the job. I filmed a surgeon doing just that.
The most fundamental scandal is that most surgeons can and will say to their family: "don't go to that hospital" or "don't go to that doctor". They know where the highest risks lie, but this information is shared with friends and family only. The general public are left to suffer pain and trauma.
For instance, I helped make five series of a BBC2 prime time series called Trust Me, I'm a Doctor, most of it based on original, investigative, research. The title was of course in part ironic.
We made films about turf wars between plastic surgeons and (in lay terms) bone surgeons bickering over who should perform cleft lip and palette surgery on infants.
And we made films about courageous and innovative surgery in war zones where modern medicine wasn't available.
Yes, it's true that if you need to clean a wound of infection and have no drugs, a dressing of honey or sugar may do the job. I filmed a surgeon doing just that.
The most fundamental scandal is that most surgeons can and will say to their family: "don't go to that hospital" or "don't go to that doctor". They know where the highest risks lie, but this information is shared with friends and family only. The general public are left to suffer pain and trauma.
"It means this War was never political at all, the politics was all theatre, all just to keep the people distracted...."
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war