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A documentary that examines the hypothesis that the human mind can influence the body’s defences. Experts are now testing to see if there is a link between certain personalities and the susceptibility to cancer. Researchers, in this field, discuss their experiments, and whether there is such a thing as a “cancer personality”.

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Credits

co-producer

Alec Nisbett

BBC-TV

Duration

01:00:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1983

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

016746

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

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

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

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

Television

Television → Television programs

Television → Television programs → Television programs - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1983

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