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Signs of Life: Cinema and Medicine

By Graeme Harper (Editor), Andrew Moor (Editor), Sir Kenneth Calman (Foreword by)
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By Graeme Harper (Editor), Andrew Moor (Editor), Sir Kenneth Calman (Foreword by)
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"Signs of Life" explores the representation of doctors, nurses, patients, diseases and disabilities and their political implications. By considering how formal qualities of cinema - empirical observation, mise-en-scA]ne, propaganda and education, melodrama, documentary, narrative construction - impact our understanding of medical procedures and the public image of medicine. Films discussed include "Apocalypse Now, M.A.S.H., Schindler's List, The Fly, Philadelphia, Face/Off, The Man Who Shot...

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