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001356195 035__ $$a(OCoLC)747798708
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001356195 1001_ $$aWeisberg, Roger.
001356195 24510 $$aWho lives, who dies$$h[electronic resource] :$$brationing health care /$$cproduced, written and directed by Roger Weisberg for Public Policy Productions.
001356195 260__ $$aNew York, NY :$$bFilmakers Library,$$c1988.
001356195 300__ $$a1 online resource (58 min.).
001356195 500__ $$aOriginally released as DVD.
001356195 500__ $$aTitle from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).
001356195 520__ $$aThis powerful documentary shows that despite America's extraordinary medical resources, our health care system is failing a large part of the population. One out of six Americans has no coverage and cannot afford basic care. They must rely on public clinics whose funding is shrinking. We see a woman with a malignancy that spread because she couldn t get treatment; a man with high blood pressure who suffered a cerebral hemorrhage because he could not afford medication; a woman in labor who was not accepted at two hospitals because she had no insurance.Poor children are at greatest risk. In the U.S., which ranks 20th in infant mortality, nearly 40,000 infants die every year because they are born prematurely with low birth weight. Two-thirds of these deaths occur among mothers with little or no prenatal care.The cruel irony of our system is that, while denying routine preventive care to millions, it often gives dying patients useless care they don t want. Last year, $50 billion was spent on patients in their last six months of life. In the intensive care unit of New York City's Roosevelt Hospital, Dr. David Finley illustrates how difficult it is to withdraw life support equipment.The documentary explores the complicated issue of organ transplants, where huge sums of money are spent for the benefit of the relatively few. While it may seem callous to evaluate life-saving technology in terms of costs, such choices are being made.
001356195 521__ $$aFor College; Adult audiences.
001356195 546__ $$aEnglish.
001356195 586__ $$aBooklist, Editor's Choice, 1989
001356195 586__ $$aFirst Prize, American Journal of Nursing Film Festival, 1988
001356195 586__ $$aGold Award, John Muir Medical Film Festival, 1988
001356195 586__ $$aSilver Apple, National Educational Film & Video Festival, 1989
001356195 650_0 $$aMedical care$$zUnited States.
001356195 650_0 $$aPoor$$xMedical care$$zUnited States.
001356195 655_7 $$aDocumentary films.$$2lcgft
001356195 7102_ $$aPublic Policy Productions, Inc.
001356195 7761_ $$cOriginal$$w(OCoLC)747798708
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001356195 945__ $$aThe Whole World
001356195 980__ $$aSTREAMING
001356195 980__ $$aBIB
001356195 982__ $$aStreaming Video
001356195 983__ $$aOnline