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Humankind |
23 |
Bernard Lown: The Lost Art of Healing
An elderly physician and Nobel Peace Prize-winner, Bernard Lown, pleads for a revolution in health care that would place greater emphasis on personal interaction between doctor and patient. [more]
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Humankind |
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Walking through the Storm (Complete Series, 5 CDs)
These four, sound-rich documentaries include leading cancer experts and moving first-person accounts by survivors. It’s thought provoking and inspiring. Free audio excerpts are available for each of the CDs below. [more]
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Part of "Walking through the Storm" Series |
60, 69 |
Will to Live (CD 2)
Part A: Cancer patients find a remarkable human connection in supportive dialogues with other patients.
Part B: Physician Rachel Naomi Remen counsels patients drawing from her own bout with a life-threatening illness. [more]
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Humankind |
192 |
Escape Fire with Matt Heineman
We hear excerpts from ‘Escape Fire,’ a powerful new documentary that recently aired on CNN, along with comments by its young director, Matthew Heineman, about the over-scheduled work day of doctors and how too many pharmaceuticals don’t make us better. [more]
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Humankind |
44 |
Family Health Care
In contrast to the traditional HMO setting, a non-profit clinic in Kansas tries to humanize medicine by taking time to listen and allows low-income patients to barter for health care. [more]
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Humankind |
7 |
Hospitality
The stress of having a seriously-ill loved one being treated in a hospital in a strange city is lessened by a compassionate army of volunteers in Boston who open their homes to provide lodging and a sympathetic ear. [more]
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Special Packages |
HH |
Humanizing Health Care
Stories of doctors and other caregivers dedicated to greater compassion in medicine: 8 half-hour segments [more]
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Part of Kindred Spirits |
KS3-1a |
Laughter is Good Medicine
Norman Cousins tells how "laughter therapy," a warm bond with his physician, and Vitamin C cured a crippling spinal disease against 500-to-1 odds. [more]
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Humankind |
146 |
Managing Pain
Near Portland, Maine, people afflicted with chronic pain from medical conditions support each other in a group where attenders who are discouraged learn to take an active role in their life, and to see themselves not as a patient but as a complete person. [more]
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Humankind |
156 |
Practicing Prevention
Physician Ralph Snyderman, who served as long-time dean of the Duke Univ medical school, believes that personal health (like our environment) should be regarded as "sustainable", which means restructuring the roles of both doctor and patient. [more]
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Humankind |
20 |
Reverend Ray Hammond
former emergency room physician, Ray Hammond, tells why he switched professions and became a parish pastor to help heal the lives of troubled youths. [more]
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Humankind |
8 |
Unconditional Love
Exploring a fascinating philosophy of community and spiritual service, this documentary visits a hospice where all staff are volunteers and all patients receive care free of charge. [more]
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Humankind |
115, 116 |
Universal Health Care Pts 1 & 2
Many doctors and nurses feel trapped in a structure they say sometimes prevents them from providing adequate care to their patients. One couple, both researchers at Harvard Medical School and both internists practicing at Cambridge Hospital in Massachusetts, are leaders in the movement among medical professionals to reform health care in America. [more]
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