Doctor’s Orders

Synopsis

After the publication of a report on prescribing in general practice, the programme looks at the reasons for over-prescribing and talks to several general practitioners who feel they are being pressurised by both patients and drug companies into this expensive and potentially dangerous situation.

Series

Medical Ethics (3 Parts)

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 26 min.

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of production

1977

Availability

Hire

Subjects

Medical sciences

Keywords

general practice; pharmaceuticals

Credits

Director

Colin Richards

Contributor

Michael Blakeley; Patrick Haggerty

Distribution Formats

Type

Film

Format

16mm

Production Company

Name

Granada Television

Web

http://www.granadamedia.com External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7734 8080

Fax

020 7494 6280

Address

Non-Theatric Sales
36 Golden Square
London
W1R 4AH

Distributor

Name

Concord Media

Email

sales@concordmedia.org.uk

Web

http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window

Phone

01473 726 012

Address

Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG

Notes

A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.