Titles tagged with ‘medicine’
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Austin Hospital at Heidelberg, Vic: The Only Hospital for Chronic Diseases in Australia (1928)
This silent documentary shows the Austin Hospital at Heidelberg in Victoria including its extensive grounds; its main buildings and wards; patients undergoing ‘sun-treatment’ in the gardens; and the ...
Australian Story – Absolute Beginner (2006)
Just over eight years ago, Marg Ward lost her husband when he died suddenly of a heart attack. Marg was 56. After two terrible years, she began again ...
An Evergreen Island (2000)
In 1989 the people of Bougainville Island objected to the copper mining that had caused vast environmental damage to the island. They formed the Bougainville Revolutionary Army. The ...
Final Insult (1997)
The documentary examines multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS). Sufferers are interviewed about their symptoms and medical practitioners offer solutions. The film asks, what do you do when you are ...
Homes for Crippled Children (c1940)
Produced by Reverend RW Dobbinson, this silent film surveys convalescent homes and caring facilities for children with polio and other crippling diseases. It shows a number of homes ...
The Inlanders (1949)
A documentary by John Kingsford Smith made for the Australian Inland Mission. The Inlanders follows patrolling minister Reverend KF ‘Skipper’ Partridge on his 8,690 kilometre journey into Australia’s ...
A Kid Called Troy (1993)
Eight-year-old Troy has contracted AIDS from his mother. His father, Vince, cares for him now that his mother has died. Troy requires hospital treatment and drugs to delay ...
Midwives … Lullabies … and Mother Earth (1993)
French doctor Michel Odent is a pioneer in the natural birth movement. The documentary follows him to Holland, Russia, the UK and the Middle East to witness childbirth ...
Selling Sickness (2004)
This report looks at the increased use of antidepressant drugs. It examines the marketing and promotion of medicines to treat normally occurring conditions. Specialists are interviewed and patients ...
Snakes and Ladders (1987)
Combining interviews, historical footage, quirky dramatisations and short animations, Snakes and Ladders gives an account of the achievements and setbacks of Australian women attempting to gain education equality ...
Super Flu: Race Against a Killer (2005)
The film reports on H5N1, the avian flu virus. It follows the scientific world’s attempt to defuse the flu and reports on the world’s preparedness for an airborne ...
The Trouble With Medicine: Conceiving the Future (1993)
Since the discovery of the human genome, tests to discover the genetic basis of illness have given humankind a lot more power to decide how a pregnancy will ...
Where Angels Fear To Tread (1997)
Northern Territory medical practitioner Dr Philip Nitschke assisted terminally ill patients to die after the Northern Territory passed the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act. Seventy five percent ...
