Renal failure : the challenge.

Date:
1978
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Description

Examines dialysis and its attendent problems explained through the lived experience of a middle-aged man, the benefits of transplantation and shows a transplant operation. The question of brain-death is tackled and the work of the United Kingdom Transplant Service at Bristol is shown.

Publication/Creation

England, 1978.

Physical description

1 encoded moving image (22 min.) : colour, sound

Notes

Closing intertitle; the Department of Health and Social Security would like to thank all patients, doctors, nurses, hospital staff and others who took part in the preparation and the making of this film.

Creator/production credits

Camera Keith Taylor, Sound Paul Vigars and Alan Abel, Editor Barry Sheppard. Unit Manager Ruby Tomlin, Production Assistant Eve Raine, Producer/directer Rock Humphries. A Wessex Film & Video Production. Department of Health and Social Security. COI. Medical Advisory Committee on Renal Transplantation.

Language note

English

Copyright note

Department of Health and Society Security

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