“Sick Around the World” screening/panel discussion
Oct. 16, 2008 by Lisa Currie
Wesleyan World Wednesdays and the Student Affairs Speaker Series present
A screening of: Sick Around the World
Followed by a panel discussion
Tuesday October 21, 2008
6:30pm
Daniel Family Commons, Usdan University Center
In Sick Around the World, FRONTLINE teams up with veteran Washington Post foreign correspondent T.R. Reid to find out how five other capitalist democracies — the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, Taiwan and Switzerland — deliver health care, and what the United States might learn from their successes and their failures.
In this riveting documentary, T.R. Reid delves into the delivery and maintenance of medical treatment in five socially and economically developed nations, covering issues like insurance providers, government standardization, mandatory coverage for all citizens, and program sustainability.
We will follow the screening of Sick Around the World with a panel featuring:
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Dr. Davis Smith, Medical Director of Wesleyan’s Davison Health Center
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Professor Damien Sheehan-Connor, MD, Ph.D. from the Department of Economics
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Adam Eldahan ‘09, a recent participant in an international public health study abroad program
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Scott Selig, Director of Clinical Quality, Community Health Centers Association of Connecticut.
The panelists will answer questions about issues that are raised in the documentary and about health care reform and delivery in general. Audience members will be challenged to enliven the discussion with thoughts and opinions of their own.
A full dinner will be served prior to the screening. Seating will be limited and RSVPs are required to Karen Karpa at kkarpa@wesleyan.edu or at ext. 2775
Wesleyan University students, faculty and staff are welcome to attend, ask questions and to participate in the discussion.