Palliative Care Video List - Pain Resource Center

Chinese medicine can be used for treatment of chronic sciatica. Later, we hear about how Chinesemedicine looks at patients differently from Western medicine in an interview with Ted Kaptchuk,OMD, one of the first Americans to study in Macau. Finally, we travel to Guatemala to see how nativehealers called shamans use drums, music, and a deep reverence for nature to heal people and the earth.Aquarius Productions, Inc. Series $999, Individual segment $99Both Ends Burning 14 minutes Aimed at health and social service workers, at all levels who confrontthe enormous stresses that go with AIDS-related jobs. Through an intriguing combination ofdramatization and interviews, it touches on the fears and ambivalent feelings experienced, as well as theorganizational problems, which HIV has created for individual caregivers and the agencies they workwith. Fanlight Productions ISBN 1-57295-200-8; CR-220 Video $145Breast Cancer: Coping with Your Diagnosis 37 minutes This program reviews the various types andstages of breast cancer, the methods for diagnosing the disease, surgical treatment options, and howvarious patients and their partners can learn to cope with their emotions while wrestling with the realityof the diagnosis. Films for the Humanities & Sciences BKT7526 Video $129; Rental $75Breast Cancer: Recovering from Surgery 30 minutes The types of surgery available, from lumpectomyto modified radical mastectomy, are discussed in this program, along with ways to promote emotionaland physical recovery, create a support system among family and friends, and get back to good health.The viewpoints and feelings of the patients’ partners are emphasized. Films for the HumanitiesBKT7527 Video $129; Rental $75Breast Cancer: Understanding Adjuvant Therapy 31 minutes The cancer treatment options ofchemotherapy, radiation, and hormone therapy are discussed in this program, along with how to choosea treatment or mixture of treatments with the help of a health care team. The program also discusseshow patients and their partners can cope with the physical and emotional stress of treatment sideeffects. Films for the Humanities & Sciences BKT7528 Video $129; Rental $75Breast Cancer: Working Towards a Cure 21 minutes Breast cancer claims the lives of more women inthis country, ages 34 to 54, than any other killer disease. Featuring Dr. Marc Lippman, Director of theLombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown Univ., and Dr. Karen Antman, Chief of Medical Oncology atColumbia Univ. College of Physicians and Surgeons, this program explains the latest medicalknowledge about breast cancer and its causes and treatments. The program also explains the differencesbetween inherited and acquired cancers, and addresses the importance of finding the abnormal genesthat are thought to cause cancer. The program also reports on recent advances in chemotherapy, one ofthe mainstays of cancer treatment. Films for the Humanities & Sciences BKT6415 Video $99Breast Cancer: Your Ongoing Recovery 31 minutes Creating a healthy lifestyle after completion ofsurgery and adjuvant treatment can be the most difficult part of recovery. And it is the recovery stageitself that is often the most difficult for partners, putting relationships at risk. This program addressesthese issues by explaining how patients can help partners, family, and friends adjust to the new lifestyle,and how patients and partners can cope with the ongoing emotional aspects of living with breast cancer.Films for the Humanities & Sciences BKT7529 Video $129; Rental $75Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O’Brien 35 minutes O’Brien, a journalist and poet,contracted polio in childhood and has spent much of his life since then in an iron lung. For more thanforty years he has fought against illness, bureaucracy and society’s conflicting perceptions of disability,Video list Page 19 of 68Rev 09