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Behold humanity! a sociological perspective Cancer Story Careers (New York, N.Y.) Complete career & techincal education library ; Volume 1 Complete career clusters Evolution of society Grey House health & wellness guides Listening to America with Bill Moyers Top careers in two years (Cambridge Educational (Firm)) Unseen enemiesFilter By Series
Behold humanity! a sociological perspective Cancer Story Careers (New York, N.Y.) Complete career & techincal education library ; Volume 1 Complete career clusters Evolution of society Grey House health & wellness guides Listening to America with Bill Moyers Top careers in two years (Cambridge Educational (Firm)) Unseen enemiesSummary: Research shows that patients who take a proactive attitude toward even the simplest of medical procedures can greatly reduce the risks of a hospital stay. This program explores that idea in detail, illustrating ways for hospitalized individuals-regardless of their background or education level-to monitor what is happening to them and make sure all appropriate safety measures have been taken....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Before there was an understanding of infectious disease, few weapons were available to fight it. This program chronicles the groundbreaking work of early researchers, such as Louis Pasteur, who unmasked germs as the source of illness. Today, vaccines have made huge strides against epidemics but the world still faces major challenges in getting basic vaccines to those who still need them, and in...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Created for nurses who are learning to assist bedridden or incapacitated individuals, this detailed program explores ways to maximize a patient's dignity, comfort, safety, and nutritional needs during mealtimes. Overviewing the main types of hospital diets (clear liquid, full liquid, soft, and regular), the video illustrates methods for positioning the meal tray, arranging food and utensils,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Kelly, Evelyn B.
Summary: Describes what scientists currently know about alzheimer's and the relationship between genes and disease, touching on technologies and experimental methods that have led to this understanding.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.831 KELKang, Lydia
Summary: "From the masters of storytelling-meets-science and co-authors of Quackery, Patient Zero tells the long and fascinating history of disease outbreaks-how they start, how they spread, the science that lets us understand them, and how we race to destroy thembefore they destroy us. Written in the authors' lively and accessible style, chapters include page-turning medical stories about a particular...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.4 KANSummary: An outbreak of mad cow disease shut down Britain’s cattle industry, resulting in the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of animals and costing the nation billions of dollars. What is mad cow disease, scientifically known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy? Could an outbreak happen in the U.S.? What other types of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies are out there? What precautions is the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Wherever people need wellness services, acute care for an illness or injury, or medical support when bedridden or shut-in, nurses are standing by. This video introduces students to the rewarding career of nursing, the largest healthcare profession in America. Incorporating interviews with working nurses from a range of medical specialties, the program describes the challenges that nurses face...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: With wild deer and deer ticks increasingly common in suburban areas, Lyme disease has become a serious public health threat. This program familiarizes viewers with the symptoms of and treatments for Lyme disease, while providing additional information on how to prevent deer tick bites. Case studies feature a woman hospitalized with the illness after sustaining a tick bite hidden in her hair,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Careers in education are not only rewarding for those who pursue them but vital to society as a whole-without educators and teachers, there would be no doctors, plumbers, lawyers, or electricians. This video presents four distinct occupations in the field: elementary teachers, teacher's aides, administrators, and librarians. People working in these jobs discuss their responsibilities and what...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This program from The Doctor Is In deals with end-state renal disease-progressive kidney failure which, up until a generation ago, was routinely fatal but which can now be treated by means of hemodialysis and organ transplantation. Neither of these is simple, painless, or inexpensive; but both represent realistic alternatives to debilitating disease and may restore the patient to a full and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Although doctors don't know exactly what causes ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the last decade has brought new scientific insight into the disorder. This program follows the quest for better ALS treatments, assesses the possibility of a cure, and illustrates what life is like for ALS patients today. Dartmouth professor Dr. Elijah Stommel discusses the potential use of thalidomide to...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: This program with Bill Moyers compares the everyday experiences of two New York City middle school students and contrasts political rhetoric with the reality of American schooling. A profile of the two students and their different schools points out the inequalities of our current system and how disproportionate funding affects the quality of education. The program also features advocates for...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1990, actor Richard Moir endured thirteen years of shakes, freezes, and depression as his career faded, his disease worsened, and various treatments achieved nothing. This program follows Moir as he prepares to undergo the procedure known as deep brain stimulation; it also documents his uncertain recovery period. Presenting photos and movie clips depicting the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Of the more than 400,000 Americans living with Crohn's disease, as many as 20 percent were diagnosed as children or teens. Several case studies of young female patients provide a forum for medical experts from the Mayo Clinic and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to share their knowledge of risk factors, symptoms, screening methods, complications, and treatment options, including anti-inflammatory...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Osbourne, Ozzy
Contents: Patient number 9 (feat. Jeff Beck) -- Immortal (feat. Mike McCready) -- Parasite (feat. Zakk Wylde) -- No escape from now (feat. Tony Iommi) -- One of those days (feat. Eric Clapton) -- A thousand shades (feat. Jeff Beck) -- Mr. Darkness ; Nothing feels right ; Evil shuffle (feat. Zakk Wylde) -- Degradation rules (feat. Tony Iommi) -- Dead and gone -- God only knows -- Darkside blues.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK OSBSummary: Knowing how to situate and stabilize a patient before and during surgery is essential to functioning effectively as part of a surgical team. This program introduces specific types of surgical positions and placement techniques using detailed live-action video and helpful graphics. With an overview of the ergonomic and physiological issues that make proper configuration necessary, the program...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This program from The Doctor Is In uses case studies involving osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis to explore how a number of patients cope with these conditions. In addition, Dr. Michael Weinblatt, former director of the Robert B. Brigham Arthritis Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital and chairman of the American College of Rheumatology, and Dr. William...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Although it is rarely fatal in wealthy countries, pneumonia kills more children each year than any other infectious disease. This program explains why the pneumococcus bacterium has run rampant in the underdeveloped world, and explores recent medical breakthroughs that may help reverse the deadly pattern. Interviews with prominent researchers-including Dr. Keith Klugman and Dr. Orin Levine, two...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: When Dave deBronkart learned he had a rare and possibly terminal cancer, he turned to a group of fellow patients online, and found the medical treatment that saved his life. In this TEDTalk, deBronkart calls on all patients to talk with one another, be familiar with their own health data, and improve medical care better one e-patient at a time. deBronkart is now actively engaged in opening...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Branding, quality control, overseas expansion-these concepts are no longer limited to the business world. Schools, colleges, and universities are under increasing pressure to operate like international companies, adopting corporate business models and intensely pursuing "customers" in the global marketplace. Filmed in the United Kingdom, China, India, and Malaysia, this program examines the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: "Autoimmune Diseases Handbook & Resource Guide combines valuable, easy-to-understand educational information for patients and their families, with national and state statistics and discussions about prevention, treatment and outcomes. It offers resources on 21 specific types of autoimmune disease, including Celiac, Diabetes Type 1, Endometriosis, Fibromyalgia, Lupus, Lyme disease, Rheumatoid...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Reference, Call number: Reference 616.978 Autoimmune 2021Summary: Plato's academy was the first formal arena for education, where young men were tutored in the rigors of logic, philosophy, and mathematics. Prior to this, societies transmitted knowledge from one generation to the next orally, and after the advent of writing, through texts. Although education throughout history has been predominantly a privilege of the elite, universal education is currently...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Directly or indirectly, people working in the education and social services fields make their living by helping others live better lives. This program profiles a preschool teacher, a vocational education instructor, and a school administrative assistant as well as a drug and alcohol abuse counselor, a social and human services assistant, and a recreation worker. Correlates to all applicable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Thanks to medical advances, renal failure has evolved from a fatal disease into a manageable condition. This program illustrates causes, physiological changes, and treatments associated with renal failure, focusing on medical strategies and lifestyle modifications that help patients cope with the ailment. Using detailed animated diagrams, the video explains both acute and chronic renal failure....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010