Epilepsy: A Label for Life?

Synopsis

Focuses on both the medical and social aspects of epilepsy and shows several types of seizure (not simulated) in adults and children. Modern techniques of clinical management, including the use of anti-epileptic drugs, are discussed and the links between medical treatment of epilepsy and the social life of the person with epilepsy are stressed.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col 28 min.

Year of production

1979

Availability

Hire

Uses

Doctors, nurses, social workers and teachers.*

Subjects

Medical sciences

Keywords

epilepsy

Credits

Producer

A Stanway

Production Company

Name

Smith (Peter) Associates

Sponsor

Name

British Epilepsy Society

Name

Reckitt-Labaz (Pharmaceutical Division)

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.