Primum non Nocere – First, Do No Harm

[Melvinvines]

Considered by many to be the ultimate expression of community participation in healthcare, voluntary blood donation has enabled medicine to make use of this unique and complex liquid organ. Hailed as a life-saving measure since WWII, blood transfusion is one of the most common medical interventions performed worldwide. Nonetheless, emerging scientific evidence is pointing to it being a questionable therapy of unproven benefit.

Amazingly, blood products have escaped the rigors of testing that would measure their safety and efficacy. Furthermore, the gap between science and medical practice is alarming, but not unprecedented. Like in other areas of human endeavor, old habits die hard. The Semmelweis reflex—the knee-jerk rejection of new knowledge that contradicts strong-held beliefs and entrenched norms—helps explain this divide.

Primum non Nocere – First, Do No Harm—examines this concept in the setting of global transfusion practice, and reveals the costly efforts to reduce patient exposure to infectious complications. The film discovers the heartening results achieved by surgeons and blood bankers alike who are guided by this immutable oath, thus bridging the gap between science and widespread belief.

Primum Non Nocere: First Do No Harm is now available for online purchasing as a streamer or a download at the link provided below.

http://www.asiageographic.com/primum/view_film.htm

[GrumpysWife]

Very interesting, they are finally thinking.

[jane loves pandas]

this is definitely worth watching!!

[campanula]

They should show it for free to everyone and especially to med students...