Trauma: life in the ER--education or entertainment? The patient's perspective.

Full Abstract

OBJECTIVES:
To determine whether patients felt that the show Trauma:
Life in the ER has primarily educational or entertainment value. To determine if people felt that this show violated privacy.

METHODS:
Survey in an academic emergency department. Subjects were asked to participate in an initial survey, then asked to watch video clips from the show and complete a second survey.

RESULTS:
Three hundred ninety two participated in the initial survey. Fifty-six percent surveyed had seen the program, and of those, 55% stated that they watched the show for both educational and entertainment value. Of the initial participants, 267 watched the video and completed the second survey. Sixty-four percent stated that they would feel comfortable being filmed without prior permission. Eighteen percent of patients felt that the show violated patients' privacy.

CONCLUSIONS:
Most patients felt that this show was educational and did not invade their privacy. The majority were willing to be filmed for this television show, even without prior permission.

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Author information

Author/s: Hemphill, Robin R (RR); Santen, Sally A (SA); Spanier, Cindy M (CM); Fletcher, Nicholas D (ND);

Affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 703 Oxford House, Nashville, TN 37232, USA. Robin.hemphill(-atsign-)vanderbilt.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Southern medical journal (South Med J), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2007-Mar; vol 100 (issue 3) : pp 248-51

Dates: Created 2007/04/02; Completed 2007/04/27; Revised 2007/11/15;

PMID: 17396725, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Adult
Attitude
Emergency Service, Hospital
Female
Health Behavior
Health Education
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Informed Consent

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