Helping People Heal

Abstract

A documentary‐style short film exploring how people in the United States heal themselves once they leave the doctor's office. This film is based on in‐depth field research and illustrates how healing depends on the alignment between what doctors expect from patients, and what people actually do in their everyday lives. Exploring and entering the lives of three individuals, Helping People Heal reveals the ways that people put their recommended treatments into practice—and why these personalized applications achieve better health outcomes beyond simply doing what the doctor ordered.