VIDEO: The Dying Patient - Trying to Tell
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VIDEO TITLE: The Dying Patient - Trying to Tell
TOPICS: a training video for general practitioners and other health professionals who care for terminally ill patients
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STYLE:
Dramatised case history with staged interviews.
FORMAT:
VHS (PAL) videotape
DURATION:
30 minutes
YEAR:
1989
PRODUCER:
General Practice Unit at Leicester University + Health Education Video Unit (UK)
DESCRIPTION:
This video dramatises some of the issues surrounding terminal illness. Medical actors, a General Practitioner, a Consultant and a Community Nurse perform their roles to illustrate the hypothetical case of a 59 year old woman who has been diagnosed with adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus. The cancer has spread to the liver and only palliative care can be offered. Although specific, this case highlights some general issues. The questions that the patient and her husband ask, their reactions and the responses of the professional care-givers are convincingly portrayed. The tape should prove useful in group training sessions for professionals who have to deal with terminal illness. It was written and produced by members of the General Practice Unit at Leicester University in England, under the auspices of the Lisa Sainsbury Foundation, an organisation concerned with hospice care.
PRICE:
AUS$ 165 (includes GST and postage)
AWARDS: 1
SILVER AWARD at The British Medical Association
REVIEWS: 0
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