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2) Sicko
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Michael Moore interviews Americans who have been denied treatment by the United States health care insurance companies -- companies who sacrifice essential health services in order to maximize profits. Sheds light on the how complicated it can become for communities and individuals, and the sacrifices they have made when they are denied health care coverage
Publisher
History Channel Club
Pub. Date
c2005, 1998
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of a fallen soldier's last hope, the combat medic, charged with conducting their duties in the most hostile conditions imaginable and expected to do whatever it takes to care for fellow soldiers with no regard for their own personal safety. Much of the footage shows United States Army medics in action
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
"Four in five Americans say the U.S. health-care system needs 'fundamental' change. Can the U.S. learn anything from the rest of the world about how to run a health-care system, or are these nations so culturally different from us that their solutions would simply not be acceptable to Americans? FRONTLINE correspondent T.R. Reid examines first-hand how other advanced capitalist democracies - the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, Taiwan and Switzerland...
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
One of the series of special reports broadcast under the umbrella "Critical condition : healthcare in America". This ABC news program seeks to understand what factors contribute to top-notch healthcare as it assesses the advantages and disadvantages of Canadian and U.S. systems
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Romanian
Description
In 2015, a fire at Bucharest's Colectiv club leaves 27 dead and 180 injured. Soon, more burn victims begin dying in hospitals from wounds that were not life-threatening. Then a doctor blows the whistle to a team of investigative journalists. One revelation leads to another as the journalists start to uncover vast health care fraud. When a new health minister is appointed, he offers unprecedented access to his efforts to reform the corrupt system but...
8) Doctored
Publisher
Medical I. Movie, LLC
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Reveals the tactics of people who influence medical doctors' health care advice to patients and parents for such conditions as chronic pain, autism, Lyme disease, multiple sclerosis, frozen shoulder syndrome, cancer, and others. Examines chiropractic and other complementary and alternative health care treatment options, and discusses the case brought against the American Medical Association by a chiropractor.
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
"Over millions of years, male and female bodies developed crucial physiological differences to improve the chances for human survival. These differences have become culturally obsolete with the overturning of traditional gender roles. But they are nevertheless very real, and they go well beyond the obvious sexual and reproductive variances: men and women differ in terms of digestion, which affects the way medications are absorbed. Sensitivity to pain...
10) Code black
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In his vivid and thought-provoking filmmaking debut, physician Ryan McGarry gives an unprecedented access to America's busiest emergency department at Los Angeles County Hospital. Amidst real life-and-death situations, McGarry follows a dedicated team of charismatic young doctors-in-training as they wrestle with both their ideals and the realities of saving lives in a complex and overburdened system.
11) The photographer
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In 1986, Afghanistan was torn apart by a war with the Soviet Union. This graphic novel/photo-journal is a record of one reporter's arduous and dangerous journey through Afghanistan, accompanying the Doctors Without Borders
Publisher
California Newsreel
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
A seven-part documentary series arguing that "health and longevity are correlated with socioeconomic status; people of color face an additional health burden, and our health and well-being are tied to policies that promote economic and social justice. Each of the half-hour program segments, set in different racial/ethnic communities, provides a deeper exploration of the ways in which social conditions affect population health and how some communities...
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