Matters of life and death [videorecording] / a WGBH Science Unit production by Production Group, Inc. in association with La Cinquième ; written and produced by Larry Klein.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
PBS Home Video,
Copyright Date:
c1998
Description:
1 videocassette (117 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. + 1 book (316 p. ; ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.)
Host, Charles Osgood. Originally shown on television as a segment of the television program: A science odyssey.
Summary:
Investigates the breakthroughs in surgery, vaccines, drugs and medical technology; medicine's new ethical questions; and assumptions about life and death. Topics include fighting disease, penicillin, insulin, surgery and organ transplants.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.