| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (58 min. 40 sec.) ; 355613858 bytes |
| Series |
Great Ormond Street ; Series 2, Episode 2 |
| Summary |
With a unique level of access, Great Ormond Street returns to the wards of London's foremost children's hospital. This revelatory series observes life and death decision-making by the various highly-skilled teams working on the wards, and the many challenges they face at the cutting edge of children's medicine.Episode two provides an intimate portrait of two surgeons in Great Ormond Street's General Surgery unit. Navigating between ground-breaking success and devastating failure, they must balance the risk of surgery against the chance of success.Treating children with extraordinarily complex conditions, including some who are old enough to be involved in the decision-making, this film follows the surgeons, patients and their families as they embark on a journey of preparation towards their operation and into the unknown.PRODUCTION DETAILS:6 x 60 minutes. A Films of Record production for BBC |
| Event |
Broadcast 2013-02-24 at 20:30:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: PG |
| Subject |
Hospital for Sick Children (London, England)
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Cancer -- Surgery.
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Cancer in children -- Treatment.
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Children -- Hospital care.
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Tumors in children -- Treatment.
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England -- London.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Kiely, Edward, contributor
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