DVD
REVIEW: MONEY AND MEDICINE
12/02/12
Rising health care costs are
threatening to bankrupt the country. According to recent studies
62% of personal debt in the U.S. is attributed to medicine, and
medical bills are the leading cause of bankruptcy. As the recent
Presidential election has shown, the challenge of reducing
health care expenditures while improving the overall quality of
medical care is a major priority for most Americans.
Releasing on December 4 from
Docurama Films, a label of CinedigmT Entertainment Group, MONEY
AND MEDICINE includes in-depth profiles of patients, physicians
and executives from two world-renowned hospitals - UCLA Medical
Center in Los Angeles and Intermountain Medical Center in Utah -
as they grapple with rising health-care cost and the dangers of
overtreatment that pervade our medical system. The film captures
doctors and patients in the grips of tough medical decisions,
ranging from end-of-life treatment to prostate and breast
cancer. These intimate stories illustrate the complexities that
arise when patients are presented with a full picture of the
risks, benefits and tradeoffs of various medical procedures.
With remarkable candor and
poignancy, Director Roger Weisberg (Sound and Fury, Why Can't We
Be a Family Again?) presents n emotional journey through the
eyes of medical professionals, patients and their families. In
his eye-opening documentary, Weisberg investigates the dangers
the nation faces from soaring health care costs as well as the
dangers patients face from over-diagnosis and over treatment.
A few highlights from the
film include:
*An alarming overview of the
health-care cost crisis.
*The difficult end-of-life
treatment choices made by patients and their families, ranging
from very aggressive interventions in the ICU to palliative care
at home.
*The controversy surroundings
diagnostic testing and screening as well as the shocking
treatment variations among patients receiving a variety of
elective procedures.
*The risks associates with high
tech medical imaging and other expensive diagnostic test.
VIDEO:
Widescreen
AUDIO:
Dolby Digital 2.0 and DTS Surround Sound
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Deleted
and Extended Scenes
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