Learning on ScreenLast Taboo, The: Mental Handicap and Death
- Synopsis
- Shows two people with mental handicap who have been recently bereaved, demonstrating how their changed behaviour is related to their grief. Emphasises the fact that people with intellectual impairment suffer as deeply and that lack of speech and awkward manner do not preclude sensitive emotions. Shows how families and professionals can help them through their crisis.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 22 min.
- Year of production
- 1986
- Availability
- OUT OF dISTRIBUTION
- Uses
- Care staff in hospitals, local authority and voluntary community settings. Useful for community mental handicap teams, bereavement counsellors.*
- Subjects
- Social welfare
- Keywords
- bereavement; mentally handicapped people
Credits
- Director
- Lester Sireling; Sheila Hollins
- Producer
- Lester Sireling; Sheila Hollins
- Writer
- Lester Sireling; Sheila Hollins
Distributor
- Name
St George’s Media Services
- Contact
- David Cleverly
- d.cleverly@sgul.ac.uk
- Web
- http://www.sgul.ac.uk/services/productions-available External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 8725 2701
- Fax
- 020 8725 0075
- Address
- Cranmer Terrace
London
SW17 0RE - Notes
- A range of programmes produced by St George’s Media Services for use in patient education or medical training, including a continuing series on clinical skills. Sale on DVD.
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