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How do health professionals deal with life and death decisions? Harsh realities : Programme 2 - BBC Radio 4 Science

Harsh Realities looks at how doctors, nurses, social services, and advisers take vital decisions about people's lives. The second programme in the series tackles child disability and the stark choices facing parents and professionals when a baby is born severely disabled. In each programme, Niall Dickson will be joined by professionals who have direct experience of the subject under discussion. In order to listen to this programme select programme 1 for audio access.

Details
Published: 
2003
Author: 
Niall Dickson
Christine Lavery
Dr. Thomas Stutterford
Professor Brian Nevell
Tom Shakespeare
Publisher: 
British Broadcasting Corporation