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Nina Starr Braunwald Cardiovascular Research Film Collection
UNPROCESSED COLLECTION. Contents are 16mm film reels of varying length, most silent and in color, originating in the National Heart Institute. They depict Dr. Nina Starr Braunwald performing heart surgeries, chiefly the experimental implantation of artificial heart valves of her own design and fabrication.
*Home care: an approach to the treatment of chronic disease, 1955
Produced by Information Productions, Inc. Presented by Benjamin Rosenthal Foundation, Inc.
This film depicts home care programs as an effective approach in the treatment of patients with chronic disease, and shows the effects of such care on patients with cancer, heart disease, asthma, arthritis, and other chronic conditions.
Charge and Counter Charge, 1986
Produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
As part of the television series "Four Corners," this program reviews scientific opinions and the efforts of community action groups as a reaction to an earlier "Four Corners" report titled "Airwave Warning" that discussed the growing concern among scientists about electromagnetic radiation from power lines as a possible source of cancer.
To Take a Hand, 1978
Produced by the University of Texas.
The film emphasizes the importance of emotional involvement in nursing care with cancer patients.
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