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67 film(s) found
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This program gives voice to the many moral, legal and ethical concerns raised by the epidemic. What steps should society take to protect people? more »
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This report on the AIDS crisis in Africa shows that the disease cuts across the entire population, not just drug abusers and homosexuals. Checking the spread of the disease is complicated by poverty and cultural mores. more »
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The film travels to Kenya, Brazil and Thailand to tell the personal stories of women with AIDS. Set against a background of disease, poverty and social subjugation this is a story of vitality and will power, and of women who have the courage to fight against reigning cultural and religious traditions. more »
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This is a deeply personal exploration of the bedroom politics that make black women especially vulnerable to AIDS infection. The film follows a young female doctor, working in the South Bronx, as she gives medical and emotional support to her afflicted patients. more »
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This global court room drama reveals how the health of countless people was compromised by the aggressive marketing strategies of the tobacco industry. At stake are billions of dollars. more »
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The international scientific community has been monitoring the bird flu virus (known as H5 N1) since 1997 when seven people died in Hong Kong. more »
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This lively film captures the story of a spirited group of women who taught themselves how to deliver babies on a 1970s commune and changed the way a generation thought about childbirth. more »
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This documentary compares the Canadian system of national health insurance with health-care delivery in the United States. It shows that although routine health care is more accessible in Canada, there are high technology procedures for which patients come to the United States. more »
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Encourages women to be more assertive in dealing with the disease. more »
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This cogent analysis of the impact of the aging of America on our strained health care system combines poignant human stories with informed testimony by law makers and public policy experts. more »
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Carbon for Water delivers an up-close look at the water filter distribution project that has revolutionized life for families in Kenya. more »
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An important film that explores the skyrocketing rise of asthma in the last thirty years, with 5 million children affected. more »
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This film looks at the efforts to alleviate suffering and spread the message of HIV/AIDS prevention to the young more »
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What happens when you're sick and uninsured? "Critical Condition" puts an intimate human face on America's growing health care crisis by chronicling the struggles of a diverse group of uninsured Americans as they battle critical illness over a two-year period. more »
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In Namibia, in one of the most desolate regions of Africa, lives the Himba tribe, one of the last tribes trying to maintain a traditional way of life. With the modern world pressing in on them and the real menace of HIV/AIDS, the Himba find their situation threatened from all sides. more »
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After Dax was blinded, disfigured, and burned during an explosion, doctors continued his painful treatments against the patient's will. This gripping documentary poses the ultimate bioethical dilemma: does a patient have the right to refuse treatment? more »
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Ebola is one of the most contagious and frightening diseases that exists today. It can kill its victim in as little as 48 hours. When it broke out in Northern Uganda, there were scant resources and little knowledge about how to deal with it at Lacor Hospital, in Gulu, Uganda. more »
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This cutting-edge documentary ushers viewers through the hospitals, research centers, and clinics where groundbreaking research is being done on the electricity of brain function as a treatment for depression, bipolar disorder, epilepsy, and dystonia. more »
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A wholesome young couple bringing up children in a farming community discovers they are both HIV positive. This inspiring film shows the ground swell of support they got from their neighbors. more »
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Each year the wheelchair-bound 76-year-old Dr. Dicksheet, travels from New York to India to perform free reconstructive facial surgery on hundreds of children. Without the operations, these children would be not be able to develop normally and would be treated as outcasts.The film shows how this quirky, funny, and sometimes difficult character overcomes his own ailments by curing others. His stamina and commitment are truly staggering. more »
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This documentary shows that the attempt to contain medical costs can reduce hospital stays and unnecessary tests, but may compromise the quality of care. more »
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This film documents the lives of three women in New York, who for very different reasons have decided to have home deliveries with midwives. more »
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House calls by doctors are largely a thing of the past. But one doctor realized how vulnerable his frail elderly housebound patients were, and has devoted his practice to seeing them at home. In this way they are spared the necessity of entering nursing homes. more »
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As a young surgeon, Dr. Lucille Teasdale founded a hospital in Uganda where she dedicated her life to providing quality health care and staff training. more »
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Takes us to a hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where circumcised women are given medical care. more »
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India’s booming private healthcare system is expected to be worth billions of dollars in the decades to come, as westerners flock to India to get healthy. Fed up with long lines and exorbitant fees at home, these patients can now fly to the subcontinent and go straight to the front of the line for cheap operations in newly built, hi-tech hospitals. more »
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Through the personal experiences of three families, this documentary explores the ethical issues involved in sustaining the life of a severely brain damaged or comatose patient. more »
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In this powerful film about Jewish ritual circumcision of infant sons, the possible aftereffects are revealed. It was directed by a concerned Jewish parent. more »
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Lessons for the Living reveals a unique subculture of hospice volunteers as they reflect on their experiences with the dying and their new-found philosophies of life and death. more »
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A charming portrait of a mildly retarded married couple, Marni and Chris, who live a full life engaged with work, friends and family. more »
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The film follows one strong, open, lively girl as she navigates the passage from preadolescence to adolescence. We follow Lila from a tree-climbing eight-year-old who likes to compete with boys, through the complexities of a changing body and a new set of rules for behavior. more »
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Portraits of women of different ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds, who are living full lives although HIV/AIDS positive. more »
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A Black European journalist in Zambia exposes the untold story of AIDS in Africa; how poverty and the complex nature of African culture and sexuality are hampering efforts to eradicate this horrifying disease. more »
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Dr. Fred Lee, renowned specialist in prostate cancer, discovers he has the disease. His experience as a patient deepens his understanding of life and death issues. more »
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Lost and Sound is a moving and beautiful film that weaves its way through a startling world of sound and silence via the ears and brains of three extraordinary people trying to discover music after losing their hearing. more »
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Making the Crooked Straight shares the story of one doctor's journey to save the world one child at a time. more »
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Focusing on the bioethical decisions involved in terminal care, this program asks whether a patient who is dying has a right to say, "I'd rather die now." more »
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The More We Get Together gives insights into working with very old, disoriented, nursing home residents more »
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With Drs. Berry Brazelton, Lewis Lipsett and Louis Sanders, this film documents the extraordinary capabilities of the newborn baby. more »
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This is the affirming story of how Candomble, a Brazilian religion of African origin, has become a source of strength and power for a group of AIDS sufferers in Brazil's cities. more »
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Pain and its relief are of primary importance in medicine. This documentary explores methods of pain control. more »
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A seventy-year-old professor sustains serious brain injury in an accident His family must decide whether to have him undergo risky surgery which could leave him in a vegetative state. more »
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This four-part series helps to put into perspective the AIDS epidemic that is sweeping the global community. more »
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Filmed in the US, Hungary, India, and Australia, this episode investigates through various case studies how epidemics break out. more »
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Concentrating on bubonic plague (Black Death) and cholera, this film gives a historical account of the spread of these diseases as man explored his world. more »
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This program explores the relationship between the immune system and history, using measles as an example, prevalent in the teaming cities of the ancient Near East and now raging through the Hispanic population of Los Angeles. more »
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This program shows the interaction between the two epidemics, HIV and syphilis, fostered by drug use and prostitution more »
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Despite advances in pharmacology, many patients suffer needlessly. This film makes a case for better pain management. more »
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The AIDS crisis in Africa is an epidemic of staggering proportions. Thirty-six million people are infected with the HIV virus worldwide, with over 25 million of them in Africa, and a staggering number of Africans -- 17 million -- have died. This film is about the inspiring work of Canadian Stephen Lewis, the United Nations Special Envoy on HIV/AIDS in Africa as he searches for solutions to the pandemic ravaging the continent. more »
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Former Bond girl Maryam d'Abo describes her experience of suffering a brain hemorrhage and partners with her husband to create a film about the life of survivors. more »
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A teenage theater company educates peers about AIDS prevention. more »
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This comprehensive film is a cultural guide through the maze of menopause for both sexes. more »
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Some medical experts claim that a shocking 98% of hysterectomies are unnecessary. Yet, half the women in North America will have had their ovaries removed by the time they are 65. A "don't miss" film for women's studies. more »
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Explores the conditions that have led to escalating rates of teen pregnancy and examines the role that public schools can play in stemming the tide of early and unwanted pregnancy. more »
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South Africa is hard hit by the AIDS epidemic, which reflects the social, racial , and economic divisions that still continue. more »
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The epidemic of AIDS in South Africa is huge and the government has been lax in addressing the problem.This film shows how an HIV- positive mother, Busi Maqungo, living in a shanty town in South Africa, has become an AIDS activist. more »
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A searing report on the attempt in the former Soviet Union to develop "weapons grade" smallpox, which is still a threat. more »
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The pain of severe burns is said to be greater than that of any other injury. Burn survivors tell about their recovery, both from the physical and psychological effects of trauma. more »
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The use of embryonic stem cells for medical research has unleashed passionate political controversy nationwide. The documentary explores both sides of the issue. more »
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Twelve women with breast cancer, in different stages, come together for a retreat. They share their experiences and are helped by the understanding and compassion of the group. more »
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A real-life picture of an ordinary Chinese family devoured by a disease caused by official negligence and then being persecuted by the government in their struggle for help more »
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"Uncovered" puts a human face on America's health care crisis by chronicling the harrowing struggles of the Nazaretyan family to care for their disabled children without insurance. more »
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This well-researched film describes the power of viruses, which have caused unimaginable suffering and death throughout history. more »
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This program looks at the human side of the health care crisis where millions of Americans lack insurance or are underinsured. more »
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Despite America's extraordinary medical resources, our health care system fails a large part of the population. While denying routine preventive care to millions, dying patients are often given expensive care they do not want. more »
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Challenges the misconception that women do not get heart disease. In fact, they are often misdiagnosed. more »
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Educates women about safe sex and other issues that relate to women regarding this epidemic. more »
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