Discussions in Bioethics A Chronic Problem

One of a series of short openended dramas designed to stimulate discussion of values and ethics in relation to modern medical technology This film considers the chronic patients right to quality care and the acutely ill patients right to a hospital bed Jean is suffering from multiple sclerosis and is almost completely paralyzed It seems that the only ones who care about her are the nurses With the arrival of a patient in need of an operation it becomes apparent that chronic patients have little priority