Confusion

Egypt, 1980

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Episode number 1 of Series “Health education and the elderly”.
An elderly woman is found ill and confused by her neighbour. We follow the process of hospital admission through her eyes. The film stresses the importance of correct initial diagnosis and the importance of sympathetic attitudes from medical staff.

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Credits

production company

Scottish Health Education Unit

Sidhartha Films

Duration

00:16:07:00

Production places

Egypt

Production dates

1980

Appears in

Health education and the elderly

Group of items

Health education and the elderly

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

015371

Language

English

Subject categories

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Aging

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Aged - Health and hygiene

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Aged - Hospital care

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Aging

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health education

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Hospitals

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Hospitals - Staff

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical care

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical ethics

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical personnel

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Senile dementia

Short films

Short films → Short films - Egypt

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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