The film is directed to patient viewing and speaks to the issue of planning for future health care decisions. At the conclusion of the film, ethicist Ruth Macklin discusses the options for planning. Accompanying the video ...

Practical advice for physicians about how to share bad news with patients. This version provides a one-to-one doctor and patient meeting as well as a meeting with the family and the health care team. A 30 page Facilitator's ...

Excerpts from the 37th annual Health Care Forum: "Costs Up...Access Down" sponsored by the National Health Council and the accounting firm of Ernst and Young, note the spiralling cost of health care in the United States ...

"Talking with patients about the dying process and the use of life-sustaining technology can be emotionally challenging for all concerned. Helping patients to participate in planning for future health care crises, including ...

This program addresses the ethical complexities that public health workers, medical professionals, and other professionals face when public health emergencies occur -- whether they are caused by natural disasters or man-made ...

Lawrence Gostin, Professor of Law and Professor of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University; Director, Center for Law and the Public's Health, Georgetown University Law Center discusses the challenges and dilemmas faced ...

A video introduction for patients who may be deciding whether to participate in a cancer clinical trial. The video also provides information for patients' families. A short guide for health care professionals comes with ...

The video program discusses ethical questions in medicine related to physician-patient relations, right to die, assisted suicide, and advance directives [information taken from OCLC record]. A medical directive is referred ...