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  1. "Dying Well": Enacting Medical Ethics (2015)

    Subject
    Medical sciences; Philosophy

    A cross-disciplinary symposium held at Barts Pathology Museum, London 26 September 2015. Medical professionals, lawyers, ethicists, policy makers, humanities scholars, cultural practitioners and patient...

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  2. 23 Week Babies: The Price of Life (2011)

    Director
    Adam Wishart
    Subject
    Medical sciences

    Babies born four months early - in the 23rd week of pregnancy - exist on the very edge of life. A few go on to become the ‘miracle babies’ of glossy magazines, but most die. Director Adam Wishart has...

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  3. Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita (2008)

    Director
    Maria Finitzo
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 83 minutes), £32.38

    Documentary about the experiences of Dr Jack Kessler, chair of Northwestern University’s Neurology department, who shifted his research from finding a cure for diabetes to finding a cure with stem cell...

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  4. First Human Clone, The (2007)

    Subject
    Biology

    Looks at the controversial attempts to clone a human being. Amid claims and counterclaims by various groups around the world, this programme documents the secretive efforts of a small group of doctors and...

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  5. India: A Pound of Flesh - Selling Kidneys to Survive (2006)

    Subject
    Development studies; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    DVD

    Samantha Grant heads to Chennai in southern India to explore the illicit kidney trade. Travelling between India’s high-tech center of Bangalore and the slums to the south, Grant spoke to government...

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  6. Brain Surgery to Cure the Mind (2005)

    Subject
    Medical sciences; Psychiatry

    Brain surgery, in any form, to treat people with psychiatric illness was virtually abandoned after public outcry over the abuse of lobotomies half a century ago. But recent progress in neuroscience is...

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  7. Harsh Realities (2005)

    Subject
    Medical sciences; Philosophy; Social Studies

    Medicine is not an exact science. Every day healthcare professionals are expected to make life and death decisions with only their expertise and experience to guide them. There is no comprehensive rule book...

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  8. Stem Cell Research (2 Parts) (2005)

    Subject
    Biology; FE; Medical sciences

    Two 15-minute programmes on stem cell research - one on embryonic stem cells and the future of Parkinson’s Disease and the other on the ethics of stem cell research. Th

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