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The Docuseek Health and Health Care Collection

THE HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE COLLECTION features over 400 award-winning films on health, healthcare and medicine from the leading distributors of social-issue and documentary film. Films address addiction and substance abuse, aging, death and dying, disabilities, economics of healthcare, environmental health, ethics, healthcare delivery, history of medicine, illness, disease and disorders, maternal and child health, psychology and mental health, public health, nursing, nutrition, sexuality, and more. Docuseek films examine health and healthcare in its social and historical context; essential resources for helping students to respond better to the challenges of today.

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The Docuseek Health and Health Care Collection includes the following titles:

Exodus - imageExodus

Diana Ortiz spent over half her life in prison for a crime she committed when she was a teenager. Now 45, she has turned her life around and works to help other inmates rebuild their lives.

MediaStorm | 2010 | 9 minutes | 7-12, college, adults
Facing Death - imageFacing Death

A comprehensive look into the life and work of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, author of the landmark On Death and Dying.

First Hand Films | 2002 | 98 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Facing Fear - imageFacing Fear

A former neo-Nazi skinhead and the gay victim of his hate crime meet by chance 25 years later, are reconciled and collaborate in educational presentations.

Bullfrog Films | 2015 | 23 minutes | 9 - 12, College, Adults
Facing Ovarian Cancer: A Woman's Guide - imageFacing Ovarian Cancer: A Woman's Guide

Roughly one in a hundred women will develop ovarian cancer. This film is designed for women who have just been diagnosed with ovarian cancer, for their families and friends, and for the physicians and nurses who work with them.

The Fanlight Collection | 2008 | 120 minutes
Faith Love Desire - Ep 1 - First Love - imageFaith Love Desire - Ep 1 - First Love

Intimate beliefs as told by practicing Muslims, Christians, Jews, Hindus and Buddhists from six countries. Part 1 focuses on first love in a variety of religions.

First Hand Films | 2014 | 52 minutes
Faith Love Desire - Ep 2 - Fulfilled Love - imageFaith Love Desire - Ep 2 - Fulfilled Love

Intimate beliefs as told by practicing Muslims, Christians, Jews, Hindus and Buddhists from six countries. Part 2 focuses on finding fulfillment in love and marriage.

First Hand Films | 2014 | 52 minutes
Faith Love Desire - Ep 3 - Forbidden Love - imageFaith Love Desire - Ep 3 - Forbidden Love

Intimate beliefs as told by practicing Muslims, Christians, Jews, Hindus and Buddhists from six countries. Part 3 focuses on the sexual taboos of various religions.

First Hand Films | 2014 | 52 minutes
Famous 4A - imageFamous 4A

Captures the bond shared between patients and caregivers, grown children and their ailing parents, and challenges stereotypes of aging and dying.

The Fanlight Collection | 2009 | 19 minutes | 8-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
Fat City - imageFat City

Sorts fact from fiction in the struggle for weight loss.

Bullfrog Films | 1990 | 28 minutes | 7-12, College, Adult
Fat or Skinny? - imageFat or Skinny?

The people of India are faced with a choice: indulge in a Western-style fast food diet, or embrace healthy and indigenous alternatives.

Bullfrog Films | 2013 | 29 minutes | 7-12, College, Adults

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