This week you will be watching the documentary called Money-Driven Medicine (Links to an external site.)(click on Academic Video Online: Premium United States after logging in). Stream the documentary for free from the University Library website. If you have problems viewing this version, please contact the library for assistance.
Answer the following question in a 250-word (minimum) response:
The documentary covers how the drive to maximize profits infects the quality, integrity, and efficiency of healthcare at every level, driving up costs even as it harms patients. What are the advantages and challenges of moving to a care model based on informed, shared decision-making that puts the patients needs first? How would we need to alter the current financing methods of healthcare?