Episode of Series “Coping with Serious Illness”.
Meryl Streep hosts this film discussing with experts in the field of managing pain. Joan Robinson suffers from cancer. She has lived with unremitting chronic pain for months and years along with her husband Eric which clouded their work and personal lives. Joan and her doctors explored many kinds of medication with mixed results - sometimes they would work, others not so.
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ACMI Identifier
014479
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Educational & Instructional
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cancer - Psychological aspects
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Chronic diseases
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health education
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical care
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Pain
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Patient care
Short films
Short films → Short films - United States
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)