Bioengagement (Winter 2023)

Biofiction

Last Patient of the Night: An AJ Docker Medical Thriller

(Gary Gerlacher, 2023)

Medical Mystery, Hospital Ethics, Betrayal of Human Dignity 

Trauma Room Two

(Phillip Allen Green, 2015) 

Medical Trauma, ER Doctor Experience, Death and Grief

Counterweight

(Djuna, Translated by Anton Hur, 2023) 

Artificial Intelligence, Memory Implantation, Human Identity

The Ferryman

(Justin Cronin, 2023)

Radical Life Extension, Human Identity, Parent-Child Relationships, Artificial Living

Bioethics at the Box Office 

Athlete A

(Netflix, 2020) 

Infringement of Hippocratic Oath, Sexual Abuse in Medical Setting, Organizational Cover-up

Brain on Fire

(Netflix, 2016)

Rare Diseases, Medical Misdiagnosis, Chronic Illness 

Extremis

(Netflix, 2016)

End-of-Life Decision-Making, Surrogate Decision-Making, Informed Consent

Landscape with Invisible Hand

(Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Pictures, 2023)

What it Means to be Human, Loss of Human Dignity, Seduction of Technology, Socioeconomic Inequalities

Primetime Bioethics

Maternal

(ITV, 2023)

Motherhood, Publicly Funded Healthcare Systems, Post-Pandemic Medicine

This Is Going to Hurt

(AMC+, 2022) 

Publicly Funded Healthcare Systems, Women’s Health, Mental Health of Healthcare Workers

Body Parts

(TLC, 2022) 

Embodiment, Medical Technology, Anaplastology