Ethics is an indispensable subject in undergraduate medical training, since care for individual and collective health presupposes actions and decisions that require permanent, rational evaluation of the real and effective repercussions. Cinema can stimulate critical evaluation and effective understanding of patients' unique narratives and needs. The aim of this study was to demonstrate that structured analysis of a commercial movie can serve as a teaching activity that facilitates the achievement of educational objectives in the teaching of bioethics, particularly the moral issues involved in euthanasia. A macro and micro-interpretation of the film Mar Adentro (The Sea Inside) was performed, identifying examples of situations and opportunities for teaching-learning. The criterion for selecting scenes was their capacity to reveal contents and situations that could stimulate reflection on moral and bioethical dilemmas pertaining to the right to life. A film screening followed by discussion of the scenes can be used as a significant teaching tool for achieving humanistic educational objectives in the undergraduate medical curriculum.
Humanities; Education; Medical; Motion Pictures as Topics; Bioethics; Euthanasia