Ivan

Synopsis: Portrait of Ivan Vaughan, who suffers from Parkinson’s disease, and his efforts to cope with his illness. His way of coming to terms with it is to treat it as a hobby, learning as much as he could about the disease by reducing his dependence on the drug L-dopa and experimenting with using muscular effort to control tremor. By fixing achievable goals, Ivan has learned to use to effect of the tremor to galvanize his body out of his normal stooped rigidity and propel it towards a target.
Series: Horizon, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.
Year of production: 1984
Availability: Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects: Medical sciences
Keywords: Parkinson’s disease

Producer

Patrick Uden

Contributor

Graham Massey; Krystyna Kaplan

Cast

Jonathan Miller

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