The Health Factory

Håvard Bustnes Noorwegen 2010 57 min.

Industrial production techniques are increasingly used in health care to heighten efficiency – “more health for the same budget is the new motto. Hospitals are starting to look like factories in which patients are placed on an assembly line. But what about the human factor in this quest for efficiency? This formally sober film asks some provocative questions about the hunt for profit in health care.