The Hidden potential

Australia, 1983

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Episode of Series “Healers quacks or mystics”.
Marion Fine used no drugs to relieve pain after major surgery, relying instead on techniques of self-hypnosis to both relieve the pain and promote rapid healing. Marion’s case vividly demonstrates the importance of patient attitude in the healing process, a factor increasingly recognised by practitioners of traditional medicine. This program demonstrates the history and techniques of hypnosis to relieve pain, bio-feedback and the Pain Education Program for non-drug pain relief, conducted at Macquarie University in Sydney.

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Credits

producer/director

Bernice Daly

production company

ABC

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1983

Appears in

Healers quacks or mystics

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Healers quacks or mystics

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

303798

Language

English

Subject categories

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

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

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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