In Sickness and in Health

DateSeptember 6 1983

Can DescriptionsMaster In Sickness Corrected 9/6/83

AbstractCountdown and promo for program; cut to black; Title: “In Sickness and In Health”; intro on how doctors may feel about patients; Timothy Johnson, M.D. doctor introduces special and the topics of doctor/patient relationships, training, financing of healthcare and trust; cut to black; introduction to small town Michael Watson, M.D. (1926-2016) of Bamberg County, South Carolina, and his therapeutic relationship with his patients; relationship as therapy for both, personal vs. interpersonal; technical skill vs. humanity of healthcare; interview with Mark Rosenberg, M.D.; Rosenberg photographing patients to better understand the relationship; Author Martha Weinman Lear talks on the loss of her husband, Dr. Harold Lear (1920-1978), and how he needed support from his fellow doctors; lack of compassion and involvement, need for emotional support in healthcare; cut to black; Dr. Johnson on patents who have no private physician; transition to Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, New York; Assistant Director of hospital Barry Lebowitz explicates on difficulties with understaffing and lack of funding attributing to issues, lack of consistency as a factor; interview with medical student Suzanne Koch-Weser on primary care; interview with Marie Feltin, M.D. (1944-1994) on the perception of primary care in the medical field; interview with Tom Delbanco, M.D. of the Beth Israel Ambulatory Care (BIAC) in Boston and his experiences working in wards and change in pedagogy; comparisons between Beth Israel Ambulatory Care and Kings County Hospital; segment following Ken Robinson M.D. talking with a patient named Maddie Davis and her health issues; meetings with other doctors at BIAC; cut to black; segment on the nature of house calls, following Dr. Feltin conducting one; Delbanco on how much is a doctors time worth (time vs. money), insurance companies and cost of healthcare; interview with John Matthew M.D. in Plainfield, Vermont, on affordable outpatient care; technological advancements with a human cost; interview with Robert Petersdorf, M.D. (1926-2006) of Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston on public expectations of medical technology; may lead to distortion of perfection in healthcare; cut to black; Dr. Johnson on expectations of empathy from physicians; Harvard Medical School lecture; education does not focus on caring; Caring being taught by observation of doctor/patient interaction; interview with Mary Ellen Avery, M.D.(1927-2011) of Children’s Hospital in Boston on competency of care being defined through life experiences; Dr. Watson on working in rural poverty and hiring midwives to alleviate infant mortality; “no simple prescription for compassion”; Dr. Johnson summarizes for outro; credits; cut to black;

OtherCredits; Producer and Director: Paula S. Apsell; Writers: Paula S. Apsell, Dr. Timothy Johnson and Ron Blau;