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1) Sicko
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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
Bourne, Field, Keck and Reed
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd.,col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"This video looks at the curious case of Cuba, a cash-strapped country with what the BBC calls 'one of the world's best health systems.' From the shores of Africa to the Americas, the filmmakers travel with some of the 28,000 Cuban health professionals serving in 68 countries, and interviews international medical students in Cuba -- now numbering 30,000, including nearly 100 from the USA. Their stories plus testimony from experts around the world...
3) The cave
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Arabic
Description
Follows a group of female doctors who care for injured civilians in an underground hospital during the Civil War in Syria while dealing with limited resources and sexism.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
What's a young tiger to do when he isn't feeling so well? Daniel wants to go to school, but his family knows that rest is best when you're sick. It's good to know that Daniel's family will always be there to take care of each other. Daniel also learns that taking care of your health is important before you get sick.
6) Blind chance
Series
Criterion collection volume 772
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Language
Polish
Description
Shows a man's life, following three paths he may have taken, as a doctor performing humanitarian deeds, as a political activist, and as a dissident.
Publisher
distributed by PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Examines critical health care issues facing America today, including patient safety, medical and medication errors, hospital-acquired infections, family-centered care and the effective management of chronic disease. The program focuses on the advances being made in improving the quality of patient care and features profiles of providers and patients who are working together to change the way health care is provided in the United States.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2009, c2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
What is it like to have God-like surgical powers, yet to struggle against your own humanity? What is it like to try and save a life, and yet to fail? British neurosurgeon Henry Marsh openly confronts the dilemmas of the doctor patient relationship on his latest mission to the Ukraine.
11) Mood indigo
Series
Drafthouse Films volume 22
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
A love story set in a charmingly surreal Paris about two newlyweds, Chloe and Colin, whose whirlwind courtship is tested when an unusual illness plagues Chloe: a flower begins to grow in her lungs.
12) What if
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A heartbroken medical student meets and falls in love with an animator and struggles with his feelings after discovering that she is in a serious relationship with someone else.
Publisher
Sony Wonder
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 53 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Elmo has an earache, a fever, and a stuffy nose to boot. That's got him singing the blues. Elmo soon learns that going to the doctor can help make aches and pains feel better. DVD also includes an all-new Elmo's World.
Series
Ironweed film club volume no. 71
Publisher
Iron Weed Film Club
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Beautiful Truth: A 15 year-old boy goes on a mission to determine if what Dr. Max Gerson wrote in his controversial book is a legitimate alternative cure for cancer. After numerous interviews with doctors, skeptics, members of Gerson's family, and cancer patients, it became abundantly clear that a cure for virtually all cancers and chronic diseases does exist, and it has existed for over 80 years.
For the Holy Grail : Dr Jennifer MacDiarmid and...
15) The painted veil
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the 1920s, an English couple, Walter a doctor and Kitty, relocate to Shanghai. When Walter discovers her infidelity he accepts a job in a remote village in China that is being ravaged by a deadly epidemic.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Dolittle 3: Maya Dolittle (Kyla Pratt) just wants to be a normal teenager, but there's one small problem--she's inherited her father's uncanny ability to talk to animals. Her special talent keeps landing her in the doghouse with her parents and it's driving her friends completely ape!
Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief: Maya Dolittle (Kyla Pratt) had applied to vet school, but she's finding that getting accepted is a lot tougher than expected! But,...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (172 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Doctor Dolittle: Physician and devoted family man John Dolittle finds his world turned upside down when his long-suppressed ability to communicate with animals is reawakened with a vengeance.
Dr. Dolittle 2: John Dolittle uses his ability to communicate with animals to play Cupid to a circus bear.
19) The fountain
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Yesterday, today, tomorrow. Past, present, future. Through time and space, one man embarks on a bold 1,000-year odyssey to defeat humankind's most indomitable foe: Death. Tom is a man who is devoted to one woman, Izzi, and becomes determined to protect her from forces that threaten her existence. His quest leads him to 16th century Europe and America where Tomas is a Spanish explorer searching for Incan magic; to the present day where Tom is a doctor...
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