Learning on ScreenPrice of Life, The
- Synopsis
- On a finite budget, the NHS cannot afford to offer every treatment on the market, so how is it decided which medications should be made available? This programme follows the nail-biting decision about one drug, with unprecedented access to decision-makers the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, the patients who need a life-extending treatment, and the American company that discovered and will profit from it.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2010
- Year of production
- 2009
- Notes
- Broadcast on BBC2 on 17/7/2009
- Subjects
- Medical sciences
- Keywords
- budgeting; National Health Service; pharmaceutical industry; drug development
Online availability
- URI
- http://www.adamwishart.info/2009/06/the-price-of-life-bbc-documentary.html
- Price
- free
- Delivery
- Streamed
Credits
- Director
- Adam Wishart
Sponsor
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
Adam Wishart
- Web
- http://www.adamwishart.info/ External site opens in new window
- Name
Vimeo
- Web
- http://www.vimeo.com/ External site opens in new window
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