Monday, December 3, 2007

Health care and the movies

'Tis the season for serious award-seeking movies. And it seems the health care industry is playing a starring role in several movies this season. And these aren't just your usual doctor as a character in a love story or even your run-of-the-mill good old hospital drama. These movies are taking on issues such as living with paralysis and the terror of waking in the middle of a medical procedure. You can see the blog on this topic on the Wall Street Journal Health blog and links to reviews of the movies here: http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2007/11/30/health-care-now-playing-at-a-theater-near-you/.

Personally, I'm not entirely surprised that health care is playing such a role at the movies. These are stories of life and death, stories of how we live and how our lives affect the lives of the people around us. That's compelling human drama.

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