The Surgery Ship
2015 • 78 min • Documentary
Our family guide
Best from age 12This documentary follows a team of volunteer doctors and nurses aboard a hospital ship as it sails to Guinea, West Africa. They confront severe medical challenges and ethical dilemmas while performing life-changing surgeries and making difficult decisions about who receives care.
- Violence & peril
- 4/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 0/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 0/10
- Scary moments
- 3/10
Heads up
- Scenes of medical procedures and conditions
- Ethical dilemmas regarding patient selection
What it models well
- Compassion and empathy
- Service and sacrifice
- Resilience in the face of adversity
- Global health awareness
Talk about it after
- The global disparity in healthcare access
- Making difficult ethical decisions
- The power of volunteerism and helping others
- Different cultural perspectives on health
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Where to watch
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Top billed cast
Director: Madeleine Hetherton-Miau
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