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Summary: Effective communication with elderly people living in residential care is key to the delivery of high-quality treatment that not only meets the physical needs of patients, but also their mental, emotional, social, and spiritual needs. This program examines the basic elements of communication and how they can be adapted to older people who are living with hearing, vision, speech, and cognitive...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009

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Summary: The next leader in the fight against cancer may be sitting in third-period Biology right now-but what will inspire his or her first steps into medicine? This video illustrates the awesome potential of a career in the life sciences, guiding students through fields that offer nearly unlimited possibilities for discovery. From the microscopic world of DNA, to the dazzlingly complex behavior of...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007

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Summary: With nano-enabled drugs that destroy diseased cells and enable tissue repair, doctors may one day extend life expectancy far beyond our current capabilities—at least in countries wealthy enough to afford the technology. But the medicine that so radically redefines our standards of health and mortality will also profoundly challenge our social support systems and cultural values. In this Fred...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008

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Summary: Effective employee communication is vitally important in every area of health service delivery and care. This program, filmed with a focus on the aged-care environment, covers verbal and nonverbal communication, formal and informal communication, conflict resolution and negotiation, and staff-to-staff and staff-to-management communication. A valuable training and professional development resource.

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009

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Summary: At 17 years of age, microbiology prodigy Eva Vertes discovered a compound that stops fruit fly brain cells from dying - a breakthrough regarded as a step toward curing Alzheimer's disease. Now she aims to find better ways to treat, and even avoid, cancer. In this TEDTalk, 19-year-old Vertes discusses how she decided to make medical research her life's work and how her quest to understand the...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006

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