"This film has been made by parents who have experienced the loss of a child, with the expert help of pathologists." "A post mortem examination is a specialist investigation to find out why your baby or child died. it is ...

"When a couple is unable to conceive a child, one of the more controversial modern methods of helping them is 'surrogate motherhood,' in which a woman is hired, or volunteers, to bear the man's child and then give it up. ...

Created as an educational tool address to medical and mental health professionals, this video discusses the health care needs of the intersex child. "'Intersex' is the general term used to denote a variety of conditions ...

Filmmaker Su Friedrich offers a creative, and very personal, documentary that explores her own experiences as a patient through her experiences with a variety of illness and her encounters with a variety of medical ...

An Injury to One relates the history of political conflict and environmental disaster in Butte, Montana, once considered the richest region on Earth. At the height of WWI ten percent of all copper was mined there. In the ...

"The 12-year old known as 'Gregory K.' was sensationally reported to be the boy who wanted to 'divorce his parents', but Gregory Kingsley's case was much more complex and important than that. Living in a foster home, he ...

"He became known as 'the suicide doctor' and 'Dr. Death', and controversy followed him everywhere. Dr. Jack Kevorkian believed that terminally ill people had the right not only to die, but also to have the assistance of ...

"Today, medical technology enables us to keep people alive in situations that once would have meant their deaths. This situation often leads to painful decisions on how far we should go to keep seriously hurt or ill patients ...

"This documentary film focuses on the increasing need for healthy transplantable organs in the United States, and the healing that may come through the act of donation. The goal is to encourage families to discuss the ...

"Oscar winner Denzel Washington stars as John Q. Archivald, an everyday man forced to take drastic measures in a desperate situation. When his young son collapses, John Q. and his wife learn that their only child needs a ...