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"Four in five Americans say the U.S. health-care system needs 'fundamental' change. Can the U.S. learn anything from the rest of the world about how to run a health-care system, or are these nations so culturally different from us that their solutions would simply not be acceptable to...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Palfreman Film Group, WGBH Educational Foundation, PBS Home Video
Other Authors:	Palfreman, Jon, Reid, T. R., Neuburger, Jon, Scott, Cal
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Closed-captioned.
Published:	[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video, [2008]
Edition:	Widescreen format.
Subjects:	Medical care > United States. Medical care > Great Britain. Medical care > Japan. Medical care > Germany. Medical care > Taiwan. Medical care > Switzerland. Public health administration. Health Care Costs > Asia. Health Care Costs > Europe. Health Care Costs > United States. Cross-Cultural Comparison > Asia. Cross-Cultural Comparison > Europe. Cross-Cultural Comparison > United States. Health Policy > economics > Asia. Health Policy > economics > Europe. Health Policy > economics > United States. Quality of Health Care > economics > Asia. Quality of Health Care > economics > Europe. Quality of Health Care > economics > United States. Magazine format television programs. Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Online Access:	Official website (including streaming video of the entire program, full transcript & teacher's guide)

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Summary:	"Four in five Americans say the U.S. health-care system needs 'fundamental' change. Can the U.S. learn anything from the rest of the world about how to run a health-care system, or are these nations so culturally different from us that their solutions would simply not be acceptable to Americans? FRONTLINE correspondent T.R. Reid examines first-hand how other advanced capitalist democracies - the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, Taiwan and Switzerland - deliver healthcare, and what the United States might learn from their successes and failures" -- Container.
Item Description:	Special feature: Teacher's guide (DVD-Rom). Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; region 1; widescreen presentation (enhanced for 16x9 televisions); stereo.
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Mark Rublee ; editor, Jon Neuburger ; original music, Cal Scott.
ISBN:	0793694574 9780793694570