Caring at the end of life
Central to this provocative documentary is the case of a comatose patient, whose family and healthcare team are in conflict over how long to continue with the treatments that are keeping him alive. In making decisions ab..
Carts of darkness
In the picture-postcard community of North Vancouver, local bottle pickers haved turned the act of binning into a thriving subculture of shopping cart racing. Murray Siple, a former snowboarder and sport film director in..
Case For A Missile Defense System, The
Former Secretary of State James A. Baker makes the case for implementing a missile defense system. Secretary Baker explains that, in addition to solving the various technological challenges that would present themselves,..
Case For Education, The
Former Secretary of Labor and university professor Robert Reich talks about the state of education in the United States. Secretary Reich notes that most money for primary and secondary education comes from local property..
Case For New Employee Orientation, The
Finding good candidates to fill a vacant position is only the first step in developing a committed and productive employee. Staff development is actually an ongoing process that begins the first day a new employee walks ..
Cash Flow and Financial Ratios
An introduction to the ways in which the health of a business is determined. The shortcomings of balance sheets and income statements are used to demonstrate why additional financial calculations are valuable.
Cataclysm: the black death visits Tuscany
Until 1348, people in Sienna and Florence enjoyed the richest, safest, and most comfortable lives in their history. But almost overnight, their certainty of life - and even any hope of a good death - was gone. This progr..
Caught in the Crossfire: Children of Gay and Lesbian Parents
Prompted by the surprising comments of her own daughter, director and lesbian mother Sandra Williams made this program to give voice to the thoughts, emotions, and positive and negative experiences of seven children who ..
Causes of Mental Retardation
Dr. Ed McCabe, Chief of the Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, talks about prenatal tests that can be done to test for signs of mental retardation in the fetus. "Down's Syndrome is certainly one that we're very aware of..
Causes of Violence
Dr. Astrid Heger, Director of the Violence Intervention Program at L.A. County-USC Medical Center, talks about what she calls, "...the variety of forces (that) create the fertile ground..." on which individuals act out v..