Sammendrag
This study investigates patients’ experiences with participating in a television (TV)
documentary series filmed within psychiatric hospital wards. The study relies on interviews
with patients, health staff, and TV producers, and asks how access is negotiated and how
patients experience different phases of the production process. Based on a discussion of
health ethics versus journalistic ethics, and the particular relations of power asymmetry
and dependence within a health institution, the study concludes that a discourse
emphasizing the benefits of openness worked to overshadow the need for extra sensitivity
and care for the most vulnerable patients. Most patients appreciated the opportunity to
share their experiences of illness and hospital treatment, but the increased strain on
patients who were negatively affected by exposure calls for renewed attention to what
informed consent and autonomy imply when media professionals enter health institutions.
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