A Delicate Balance / BBC Worldwide Ltd.

This program follows the intensive care and respiratory doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital as they deal with difficult ethical decisions. Modern medicine means that most children who come here will get better and leave within a short time but some are so complex that they become dependent on te...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
Great Ormond Street ; Series 2.
Corporate Authors: BBC Worldwide Ltd
Infobase (Film distributor)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : BBC Worldwide Ltd, [2012]
Series:Films on Demand.
Great Ormond Street ; Series 2.
Subjects:
Hospital for Sick Children (London, England)
Children > Hospital care > England > London > Case studies.
Children > Surgery.
Internet videos.
Genre:
Case studies.
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (59 min., 37 sec.)) : sound, color.
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
This program follows the intensive care and respiratory doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital as they deal with difficult ethical decisions. Modern medicine means that most children who come here will get better and leave within a short time but some are so complex that they become dependent on technology to keep them alive. Parents and doctors must weigh up when to keep relying on technology, and when it is no longer right to continue treatment.
Note:Originally released by BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2012.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 16, 2016.
Interest Grade Level:
11 & up.
System Details:Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Source of Description:
Title from distributor's description (Infobase, July 16, 2016)