Summary: Do Americans still hold certain truths to be self-evident? Do all human beings possess inalienable rights endowed by their creator? Are all lives of equal value? And if so, how do those core beliefs translate into public policy on issues such as healthcare, poverty, abortion, capital punishment, and euthanasia? This program explores what the late Joseph Cardinal Bernardin called a "consistent...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: How should the news media prepare for and cope with a potential bioterrorist attack? In this Fred Friendly Seminar, Professor Michael Dorf of the Columbia University School of Law and 12 panelists role-play a hypothetical scenario that begins in a city hospital where a spike in a flu-like illness causes the ER staff to confront a chilling possibility: that it is not the flu at all, but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: The ability to be healthy is influenced by many factors-some of our choosing, and some not. This program examines how individual, sociocultural, socioeconomic, and environmental factors impact people's lives and what individuals can do to positively shape their health, both in the present and for the future. Topics range from modifiable and non-modifiable determinants of health, to how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: The dawning of the 21st century was a milestone in the longest and strongest economic expansion in America's history. But as the nation's fortunes rose, the emphasis on wealth-building left many feeling psychologically overdrawn. Did consumerism fill that feeling of emptiness? And did an increasing GNP really make Americans any happier? This program explores the hidden emotional costs...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Jon Stewart is considered one of America's top social and comedic voices. In this program, veteran journalist Bill Moyers interviews Stewart, the long-standing anchor of the award-winning Daily Show with Jon Stewart, about why so many viewers get their news and analysis from his fake news show. Does humor have a role to play in ensuring an informed public? Also on the program, Josh Marshall,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: The World Health Organization defines health promotion as the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its determinants, and thereby improve their health. Referencing the WHO's Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, this program takes a close look at lifestyle approaches, preventive medical approaches, and public health approaches to health promotion. The importance of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011