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 ulie Russell and Helen Emmott have made numerous case study videos. Each contains dramatic enactments of real-life bioethical situations and each video comes with a study guide.
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Rachel and Her Daddy
Issues addressed: Artificial nutrition and hydration.
Summary: Rachel, whose father suffers from Alzheimer's disease, finds her father being fed through a gastrostomy tube. She flares out at nursing home practices and concludes by questioning the reason for the insertion of the feeding tube.
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Nick and Sheila and the World
Issues addressed: Patient's rights.
Summary: A young woman named Sheila addresses the viewer, telling the story of her live-in boyfriend, Nick. A Vietnam vet and former convict has had to have a kidney removed and now is facing dialysis several times a week. Sheila recounts her experiences with hospital protocol, and the viewer is led to see the world of health care delivery from a point of view radically different from that view shared by most health care workers. The purpose of the video is to probe the role culture plays in health care decision making.
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