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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:

From The Ground Up - imageFrom The Ground Up

Five 9/11 widows of New York firefighters pay tribute to their husbands by accomplishing extraordinary feats in their communities, turning evil into good.

Bullfrog Films | 2011 | 30 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
From This Day Forward - imageFrom This Day Forward

Tells the story of a love, and family, that survived the most intimate of transformations.

Bullfrog Films | 2017 | 76 minutes | 6 - 12, College, Adults
Front Wards, Back Wards - imageFront Wards, Back Wards

Profiles the evolution of attitudes toward people with mental disabilities in the United States.

The Fanlight Collection | 2006 | 57 minutes
G is for Gun - imageG is for Gun

Explores both sides of the highly controversial trend of arming teachers and staff in America's K-12 schools.

Bullfrog Films | 2018 | 27 minutes | 10 - 12, College, Adults
Gambling Boys - imageGambling Boys

Looks at the growing problem of gambling addiction among teenagers.

The Fanlight Collection | 2010 | 46 minutes | 7-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
Gene Blues - imageGene Blues

Examines the ethical issues associated with DNA testing.

Bullfrog Films | 1997 | 30 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
Good Days, Bad Days - imageGood Days, Bad Days

Profiles of people who love and support someone who is struggling with mental illness

The Fanlight Collection | 2007 | 22 minutes
Grief in America - imageGrief in America

A comprehensive look at how our culture deals with loss in all its forms.

The Fanlight Collection | 1997 | 57 minutes | College/Adult/Professional
Groundswell Rising - imageGroundswell Rising

Documents the opposition from both sides of the political spectrum to the ubiquitous practice of fracking for natural gas, and the health and environmental reasons behind it.

Bullfrog Films | 2014 | 70 minutes | 7 - 12, College, Adults
Grow Old Along With Me: The Poetry of Aging - imageGrow Old Along With Me: The Poetry of Aging

Aging as an ongoing creative process.

Terra Nova Films | 2000 | 57 minutes

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