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609. The clinician's eye: learning to see (in the art museum) (1:03:03)

Date:
October 30, 2013
Main contributors:
University of Virginia. School of Medicine
Summary:
Over the past decade, several leading U.S. medical schools have developed courses combining art appreciation and clinical observation skills. Medical students venture from the clinical setting to t...

610. The continuing relevance of America's eugenic legacy (1:00:21)

Date:
March 29, 2017
Main contributors:
University of Virginia. School of Medicine
Summary:
The history of eugenics is often characterized as a cautionary tale of life in the bad old days, when pseudoscientific assumptions about genetic determinism provided a respectable veneer that enabl...

614. The death gap: how inequality kills (1:04:21)

Date:
March 28, 2018
Main contributors:
University of Virginia. School of Medicine
Summary:
We hear much these days about the widening gap in America between the rich and the poor, the haves and the have-nots. Inequality is all around us, and it exacts a serious toll on health. The poor d...

622. The ground beneath our feet (2:24:11)

Date:
1999 to 2001
Main contributors:
Gilliam, George H. (producer, host)
Summary:
A documentary film series and website about Virginia's history since the Civil War. Episode 1– New Deal Virginia explores two significant changes in Virginia history: the creation of Shenandoah N...

635. The last walk, our companion animals at the end of their lives (1:00:21)

Date:
February 27, 2013
Main contributors:
University of Virginia. School of Medicine
Summary:
As our companion animals grow old and infirm, veterinarians and human caregivers alike face a complex and confusing array of choices and decisions. This Medical Center Hour explores some of the cen...

638. The little family (03:51)

Date:
193X
Summary:
Performance location: Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, Virginia, United States

640. The malaria project: the secret government mission for a cure (1:02:36)

Date:
October 19, 2016
Main contributors:
University of Virginia. School of Medicine
Summary:
With malaria a real threat to American troops' fighting fitness, the U.S. government during World War II mounted an all-out hunt for a malaria cure. Tropical-disease researchers with the Rockefelle...

641. The medical sublime (57:58)

Date:
March 19, 2014
Main contributors:
University of Virginia. School of Medicine
Summary:
In its emphasis on instrumentality, on the patient as something to be acted upon, and on the doctor as an abstracted agent of diagnosis and treatment, medicine often neglects the practitioner's inv...

644. The new MCAT and doctors for the 21st century (1:01:15)

Date:
January 23, 2013
Main contributors:
University of Virginia. School of Medicine
Summary:
With health care reform on the near horizon and other social realities (aging, immigration, chronic conditions, quests for prevention and wellness) dramatically changing health care in the U.S., wh...

648. The opioid epidemic's impact on public health and patient care (59:55)

Date:
October 4, 2017
Main contributors:
University of Virginia. School of Medicine
Summary:
The opioid epidemic raging in the U.S., including in Virginia and neighboring states, took nearly two decades to develop and will take years to quell. So says the recent National Academy of Medicin...