Medical Film and Television: An Alternative Path to the Cultures of Biomedicine

Abstract

This article is concerned with the triangular territory between biomedicine, relevant moving image media production, and lay people — sometimes cinematic subjects, sometimes patients, and sometimes audiences. The examples quoted — mainly British — arise from the period stretching from the late nineteenth century up to the 1960s. The significant costs and effort involved in producing medical films and programmes make their existence in certain times and places particularly interesting evidence for the terrain of biomedicine in the past. The three modes of medical film and television are discussed and they stand for different aspects of biomedicine. This article provides an understanding of how biomedicine came to be made and used and gives access to the politics and social attitudes of participants in interesting ways. The coverage of each mode of film-making is concentrated in the decade of its emergence.

Tendencias Metodológicas en Innovación Educativa

“…El empleo de películas y otras formas de recursos mediáticos ha empezado a ganar popularidad en la enseñanza en diversas áreas científicas (Baños y Bosch 2015;Boon 2013;Breithaupt 2002;Rose 2003;Rose 2007;Cappelletti et al 2007;Darbyshire y Baker 2011;Frey et al 2012). De manera similar, para el estudio de lengua y cultura japonesa se ha empleado las caricaturas animadas japonesas (anime) debido a la gran popularidad que tiene esta forma de entretenimiento.…”

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“…This only seems to have demonstrated the intrinsic problems of Downloaded By: 10.3.98.93 At: 02:57 12 Dec 2018; For: 9781315756202, chapter40, 10.4324/9781315756202.ch40 the advisor model, where such an individual is expected to compel respect but is not part of the normal management hierarchies of the broadcaster. It also revealed the main and continuing problem in discussions between these two professional groups: that for scientists and broadcasters to argue about the representation of science in broadcasts tends to lead to contests of professional expertise (Jones, 2013b;Boon, 2008). Individual scientists appeared in television programs, where relations with individual producers were often cordial.…”

“…If the historical study of audiences for science television gives few leads, then more is known about the other participants in science television: the scientists themselves and television producers. The post-war period saw a distinct increase in scientists' interest in moving image media (Boon, 2008). Compared to the pre-war period, when only a small number of scientists became actively involved in documentary filmmaking, from the 1950s scientific élites actively sought out a presence on television.…”

“…(3 September 1952) and Medical Officer ofHealth (21 September 1954). Medicine was also the focus of OB treatment, with the first series of Your Life in Their Hands in 1958(Boon, 2011). Many series have ensued, including prominent mega-series such as Jonathan Miller's The Body inQuestion (1978-81).…”

Le moment anthropologique du cinéma industriel pharmaceutique. Retour sur le film utilitaire médico-pharmaceutique francophone des années 1970

“…À partir de la fin des années 1950, le cinéma médical connait un renouveau substantiel (Boon, 2011 ;Lederer et Rogers, 2000 ;Bonah et Laukötter, 2009) grâce à une structuration qui régularise sa production, associant des cinémathèques mises en place par des grands groupes de l'industrie pharmaceutique (Sandoz, Rhône-Poulenc, Spécia, Boehringer, Delagrange, UCB, Searle, Ipsen, Roussel, Glaxo, etc. ), et des sociétés audiovisuelles consacrées au film scientifique et médical, telle ScienceFilm dirigée par Éric Duvivier (Bonah, 2015 ;Hediger et Vonderau, 2009).…”