The Bleeding Edge Analysis
The Bleeding Edge
By: Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering
- Exposes many unknown issues in the medical device industry in the Unites States
- Believes that the FDAs process of approval is not strict enough
- Talks about 4 different medical devices and their effects on the user: Essure, vaginal mesh, the Da Vinci Surgical System and chrome-cobalt hip replacements
By: Terry Ning
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Media Techniques
- Interviews: Used to give a sense of realism, makes the directors perspective seem more valid and allows the audience to empathize with the victims
- Music: Used to express the intensity of the topic
- Images: Used to show the audience what the victims had to endure
The Significant Truths
- The rush to innovate medical devices can be very dangerous
- The medical device industry is corrupt
Conclusion
- Documentaries do not look at both sides of the story
- Documentaries are not based on facts, instead they are opinion based
- There is always more to the truth
Articles supporting/opposing the truths in "The Bleeding Edge"
Supporting, The People's Chemist article:
- Shane Ellison uses facts and statistics as evidence to prove that the FDA is corrupt
- Uses information from former FDA members
Opposing, imarc article:
- Sandra Maddock believes that the advancement of medical devices is beneficial
- Provides information that the documentary chose to omit