Best Interests
When Fay is called in to help a confused young man communicate about his care, she finds more confusion in the hospital than in the patient, in Sasha Hails' medical ethics drama.
by Sasha Hails.
To accompany today's new series of Inside The Ethics Committee, the Afternoon Play presents two new dramas which get inside the emotional realities of dealing with ethical dilemmas.
When a confused young man with no I.D. and a Dr. Who fixation is brought into hospital, the staff have clear rules about how decisions can be made on his behalf. But when he starts to make his own wishes clear, are they right to listen?
Benji ... Gunnar Cauthery
Fay ... Clare Perkins
Iain ... Simon Bubb
James ... Carl Prekopp
with Peter Polycarpou, Gerard McDermott, Jonathan Forbes, James Lailey, Alex Tregear, Susie Riddell and Elaine Claxton.
Script Consultant .... Jim Blair, St George's Healthcare NHS Trust
Produced and directed by Jonquil Panting
Inside The Ethics Committee, presented by Joan Bakewell, continues on Thursdays at 09.00 and 21.00.
The second play in the series, Positive by Tina Pepler, is on Thursday 21st July at 14.15.
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