«The death of Mr. Lazarescu» /«Moartea domnului Lazarescu» (2005): Efects of the economic recession in the health systeme

<p><em>The death of Mr. Lazarescu </em>aims to show the effects of the crisis in a dehumanized health system in which doctors and nurses must care for a patient polysymptomatic fragile, elderly who attends four emergency services in a period of seven hours . The patient, his health...

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Main Authors: María del Carmen ICART ISERN, María Teresa ICART ISERN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 2016-04-01
Series:Revista de Medicina y Cine / Journal of Medicine and Movies
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Online Access:https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/medicina_y_cine/article/view/14257
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Summary:<p><em>The death of Mr. Lazarescu </em>aims to show the effects of the crisis in a dehumanized health system in which doctors and nurses must care for a patient polysymptomatic fragile, elderly who attends four emergency services in a period of seven hours . The patient, his health problems, treatments and care delivered by doctors and nurses is described. Professional attitudes and some oral statements are analyzed; furthermore aspects of reality related to the film are discussed. Finally, we reflect on the parallelism between fiction and the current crisis in our health care system.</p>
ISSN:1885-5210