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Looks at the increasing threat posed by new viruses: the Ebola virus, which struck in Zaire in 1995; hanta in the USA, dengue fever in South America, a virus from the Amazon that eats its victims’ lungs;...
Treatment of patients in the community using different types of venous access should be part of the basic work of community nurses. This video examines the main practical and emotional aspects associated...
Arthur Taylor of the NAHA (National Association of Health Authorities?) talks about the need for disclosure rules, how changes need to be made if numbers increase, how doctors may be informed of patients who...
Filmed largely in Zambia and Uganda, examines some of the major issues of the AIDS problem in Africa. Includes interviews with government representatives, health professionals and the general public and...
Margaret Shiels reports on the opening of the Mildmay Mission hospital. The world’s first hospice ward set aside exclusively for AIDS patients in east London claims to be the only Christian AIDs hospice in...
Under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, every child has a right to express his or her opinion. Shows how children in four countries are speaking up for their rights: in South Africa children of all...
Based on the ideas of Susan Sontag as described in her book ‘Illness as Metaphor’, the programme explores the impact of AIDS on contemporary society, comparing it to previous plagues which aroused...
David Kato, Uganda’s first openly gay man, is one of the few who dare to publicly protest state-sanctioned homophobia. A new ‘Anti-Homosexuality Bill’ proposes death for HIV-positive gay men, and...
An interactive role-play programme in medical ethics. The user assumes the role of a family physician and is called on to make decisions in ten cases that raise ethical issues similar to those faced by GPs:...
Examines diseases caused by bacteria and viruses, current techniques used to fight them, and the dangerous new development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and deadly new viruses. Includes the development of...
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