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Cancer / Oncology
Angela's Journey (480)
Angela is a bright, attractive young mother with two small children, and terminal breast cancer. This candid, compelling documentary follows Angela as she visits her physician and explores treatment options, while dealing with issues of body image, loneliness, and romance — and trying to pack twenty years of mothering into five. (49 minutes)
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At My Mother's Breast (435)
The filmmaker's mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother all had breast cancer; she grew up knowing that she might be next. An extraordinary portrait of a family of brave, strong women finding unity in facing a terrifying and tragic genetic legacy. (56 minutes)
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Autoexamen del Seno (341)
(Breast Self-Examination) Focuses on the importance of breast self-examination despite obstacles Latina lesbians may experience in seeking healthcare. (Nuestra Salud Series: in Spanish with English Subtitles.) (13 minutes)
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Bearing Witness: Jocelyn Morton (403)
Follows sculptor Jocelyn Morton over the course of her last four months, as she copes with her impending death from cancer. (51 minutes)
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Beyond the Loss of the Breast (168)
Explores the meaning and impact of metastatic breast cancer through the personal narratives and poetry of the filmmaker and two other women. (25 minutes)
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Chasing the Cancer Answer (479)
There are predictions that one in two North Americans in the next generation will be diagnosed with cancer. Wendy Mesley had followed all the rules for healthy living, but she still got sick. In her quest for answers she comes across disturbing clues about the role of environmental contaminants, and asks whether, with our focus on treatment, drugs and the ever-elusive cancer cure, we may be ignoring the importance of prevention (44 minutes)
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The Chemo Ate My Homework (485)
Kids with cancer are kids first. In between surgeries, radiation and chemotherapy, they want and need to continue with their ordinary lives. A brave, dedicated, and skilled corps of teachers help to give young patients a measure of normalcy. But not all the kids make it, and teachers must develop the strength to cope with grief and carry on. (27 minutes)
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Claire's Story (427)
Claire is a nurse but, she says, "I've learned some things since I was the patient." When the physician gave her the diagnosis of ovarian cancer, she understood the words, "but I couldn't hear anything he was saying." One in a series of brief, one-character dramas created by two nurse-educators. (17 minutes)
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Community Voices (329)
A multi-cultural array of patients, clinicians, and other healthcare workers explore the many ways that differences in culture, race and ethnicity affect health and the delivery of healthcare services. (69 minutes)
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Finding Your Way (036)
Adult and adolescent patients learn simple behavioral techniques which help them reduce anxiety and cope with the pain of cancer treatment. (22 minutes)
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Hold Your Breath (456)
Mohammad Kochi, a devout Muslim immigrant, faces possible death from stomach cancer. His American doctors try to comprehend his faith and respect his viewpoints, but cultural and linguistic confusions complicate his treatment. His story, first summarized in the acclaimed Worlds Apart series, is a powerful argument for the necessity of cultural competence and diversity training. (58 minutes)
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How Can We Love You? (354)
Focuses on the feelings and experiences of women living with metastatic breast cancer through the stories of two women who traveled across North America performing in a play on the subject. (60 minutes)
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Look For Me Here (244)
The final days in the life of a woman with metastatic cancer, who has chosen to forego further treatment, and to face death with friends and hospice care at home. (58 minutes)
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Making Every Moment Count (405)
Addresses the complex issues surrounding palliative end-of-life care for children. Psychologist Leora Kuttner profiles five children with life threatening illness, and the families and health professionals who support them. (39 minutes)
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No Fears, No Tears (286)
Documents the use of mind-body techniques which enable children with cancer to ease the physical pain associated with medical tests and treatment. (28 minutes)
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No Fears, No Tears - 13 Years Later (277)
Seven adults vividly recollect their childhood experiences with the pain of cancer and its treatment, but they also describe how learning to master the pain has affected their lives today. (47 minutes)
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Not Just a Cancer Patient (086)
Focusing on several articulate teens undergoing treatment, this video helps nurses, physicians, social workers and psychologists understand the needs and feelings of this special population. (23 minutes)
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Nuestra Salud: Lesbianas Latinas Rompiendo Barreras (909)
A six-part Spanish-language series promoting preventive care and wellness for Latina lesbians. Individual programs deal with mental health, addiction, preventive care, breast self-examination, safer sex and STD's, and domestic violence. English subtitles. (124 minutes)
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Nuestras Mas Fuertes Partidarias (339-S)
(Our Own Best Advocates) Encourages breast self-examination for women with disabilities, using whatever arm and hand mobility they have, or working with family, partners, or personal care assistants. Dubbed in Spanish. (14 minutes)
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One in Eight (392)
Janice was 33 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. This is an irreverent and highly personal look at one woman's fight with a disease that affects one in eight women. (57 minutes)
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Our Own Best Advocates (339)
Encourages breast self-examination for women with disabilities, using whatever arm and hand mobility they have, or working with family, partners, or personal care assistants. (14 minutes)
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Phoenix Dance (462)
Renowned dancer Homer Avila lost his right leg and most of his hip to cancer. Following the creation of a pas de deux choreographed by Alonzo King, Phoenix Dance takes us on a journey of transformation and healing, challenging our expectations of what it means to be "disabled." (22 minutes)
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Pictures from Camp (113)
At a very special summer camp, a group of child cancer patients, ages 6 to 16, discover that there can still be room in their lives for normal adolescent experiences. (24 minutes)
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Tell Them You're Fine (235)
Three fairly young people with cancer confront the day-to-day realities of coping with the impact of the disease, with therapy, and with the attitudes of family, friends and co-workers. (17 minutes)
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To Live Until I Die (375)
Most Americans die in the hospital, often alone and in pain. These six terminally ill individuals are facing what lies ahead with anger, humor, insight, and honesty — determined to have a "good death." (58 minutes)
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Tricia's Story (425)
A breast cancer patient confronts difficult moral and spiritual issues as she comes to grips with the fact that her illness is terminal. One in a series of brief, one-character dramas created by two nurse-educators. (18 minutes)
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