I, Daniel Blake: Bureaucracy and Social Injustice
摘要
I, Daniel Blake is a moving story about how poverty, societal injustice, and lack of compassion in health and welfare systems can worsen health outcomes. The film captures how physical hardship, unstable housing, and rigid welfare bureaucracies wear people down and harm their physical and mental wellbeing. Through the experiences of Daniel, a 59-year-old carpenter recovering from a heart attack yet forced to find employment, and Katie, a single mother in poverty, viewers see how socioeconomic conditions can shape health, prompting healthcare professionals to extend patient-centered care beyond the clinical settings and consider patients’ everyday lives. This chapter highlights the importance of delivering coordinated patient-centered care. By recognizing and addressing the social factors that affect health, healthcare practitioners can better support patient wellbeing