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How Does Your Memory Work? (2008)

Producer

Annabel Gillings

Subject

Psychology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

This programme examines questions of memory and identity. From the woman who is having her most traumatic memories wiped out by a pill, to the man with no memory, this film reveals how these remarkable human...

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Touch of Sensitivity, A (1979 Video)

Subject

Psychology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

An examination of the sense of touch. Research is showing that touch deprivation can lead to abnormal and violent behaviour, and furthermore to brain damage, heart disease and immunological disorders. Touch...

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A Life Of Their Own: Special Care

Date released

1983

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

304

NoS ID

326086

Story no

1 / 6

COI synopsis: In an ideal world, all medical problems would be preventable. As yet, that hasn’t been achieved; but medicine and its associated technology is now offering the less fortunate amongst us a new...

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Limits to Birth, The (1998 Video)

Producer

Liz Tucker

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Examines the moral and scientific issues sourrounding the treatment of premature babies, as techniques of neonatal care become more sophisticated. Looks at the case of Kristen, alive after being born at 23...

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Special Care - A Revolution

Date released

1979

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

246

NoS ID

326007

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: Nine years ago, a premature baby’s chances of survival were low - only 10% lived and more than half of those had brain damage. Today the survival rate is over 70%. This programme investigates...

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Discussions in Bioethics: If You Want a Girl Like Me (1986 Video)

Director

Susan Huycke

Producer

Wolf Koenig; Andy Thomson

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 13 min., 1996 sale: £29.50 (+VAT +p&p)

A short, open-ended drama designed to stimulate discussion of values and ethics in relation to modern medical technology. A teenage girl discovers her new baby has spina bifida and hydrocephalus but she...

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Lorenzo’s Oil (2004)

Director

George Miller

Subject

Biology; Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 129 minutes), £5.99

Dramatisation of a true story about determined parents, economist Augusto and linguist Michaela Odone, who battled time and the medical establishment to save the life of their son who was diagnosed in 1985...

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Stem Cells: The Promise (2005)

aka: Curing the Incurable/ How to Live Forever

Director

David Malone

Producer

David Paterson

Subject

Biology; Medical sciences; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 100 minutes), £15.99

STEM CELLS: THE PROMISE consists of two documentaries made for Channel 4’s "Equinox" series. The first part, BEGINNINGS, (originally broadcast in 1999 under the the title CURING THE INCURABLE) is an...

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