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1 online resource (streaming video file) (59 min. 6 sec.) ; 357290875 bytes |
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The series concludes with An Imperfect Cure, following the staff of Great Ormond Street Hospital's renal department as they treat children for a condition which has no complete cure. Long-term treatment over decades requires an enormous level of cooperation and consent between the medical team, the patients and their parents. But what happens when parents and older children are unwilling to accept the doctors' advice?Doctors Lesley Rees, Rukshana Shroff and Sarah Ledermann must make complex decisions in a never-ending cycle of treatment: 4-month-old Alisha was born with kidney failure. Staff must try to keep her alive until she grows big enough to receive a kidney transplant, but as she suffers repeated infections which threaten her life, staff and her parents must consider whether it is right to carry on. 14-year-old Imaan's kidneys are slowly poisoning her and doctors want to remove them. She is terrified of surgery and refuses to have the operation. Can staff persuade her to go through with it? Bethany was born with profound mental and physical disabilities, including poorly functioning kidneys. Her father Paul is keen to donate his kidney to his daughter, but staff must decide whether she is likely to survive a transplant - and whether it would be in her best interest.In each case the team have to decide the best course of action, trying to balance the needs of the patient with the hopes and expectations of their parents.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Directors: Roger Pollack and Simon Gilchrist; Executive Producer: Roger Graef. A Films of Record production |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2010-11-10 at 20:30:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Catheters -- Safety measures.
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Genitourinary organs -- Diseases.
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Hospital for Sick Children (London, England)
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Kidneys -- Diseases.
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Kidneys -- Transplantation.
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England -- London.
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Streaming video
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Author |
Brierley, Joe, contributor
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Gilchrist, Simon, director
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Jennings, Carol, contributor
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Mackintosh, Steven, cast
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Matthews, Sarah, contributor
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Rees, Lesley, contributor
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Shroff, Rukshana, contributor
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Thomas, Lucy, contributor
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