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<p>This programme follows Dr John Wright as he returns to Sierra Leone to witness the closure of an Ebola treatment centre he ran in Moyamba as one of the first NHS volunteers during the outbreak in 2013-2015. The programme is interspersed with diary entry recitals by Wright, which compare his experiences of Moyamba during and after the outbreak. To begin, Wright argues that the destruction of health services in Sierra Leone was a direct result of the Ebola outbreak reaching a state of emergency within public health. He discusses the wider consequences for health and health services borne out of the epidemic, such as a rise in cases of Tuberculosis. Wright talks to the President of the Women’s Forum for Sierra Leone Maude Peacock about the reasons for the rise in teenage pregnancy as a direct result of Ebola. Wright and HR Administrative Assistant Idris Aikai discuss the inevitable loss of employment after the closing of the Moyamba treatment centre. Project Coordinator Alberto Bonet Tous describes his experience working in Sierra Leone during the outbreak. Wright talks to Javier Montero, Infection Prevention and Control, about the practical complications involved in deconstructing an Ebola-infected treatment centre. Wright visits a test centre for nurses, who are learning how to identify symptoms of Ebola and prevent future epidemics. He then visits various rural health clinics across Moyamba to assess their standards and provisions for infection control. Wright talks to the Medical Superintendent of Moyamba Hospital about the current state of its equipment. Wright then talks to the head teacher and pupils of a local school about their closure during the outbreak. Various Ebola survivors recount their experiences suffering and recovering from the virus. Sound clips are played of contemporary news items reporting on the condition of Pauline Cafferkey – a British nurse who contracted Ebola during the outbreak. Wright discusses with Ebola survivors and medical professionals about the potential for the virus to lie dormant in the body after remission. Finally, Wright reflects on the legacy the Ebola epidemic has left in Africa.</p>

After Ebola.

186 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm

Patientenorientierung und Professionalität : Festschrift : Dialogforum Pluralismus in der Medizin / Peter F. Matthiessen (Hrsg.).

1 drawing : pen and pencil, with watercolour and gouache

A doctor and some women attend to and prepare bandages for a wounded military man lying in comfortable surroundings. Coloured pen and pencil drawing by A. Lynch.

<p>"Everyone is a patient sooner or later. Almost everyone has some experience of being misunderstood by doctors; encounters with difficult doctors; of relationships burdened with mutual bafflement, hostility and pain. Every doctor is haunted by memories of difficult relationships with patients, of the decisions made, and the outcomes that followed. People whom, despite all of their patience, persistence, the best communication, diagnostic and reasoning skills, they haven't helped. People for whose unique suffering it seems medicine has nothing to offer. Dr. Peter Dorward explores the many ethical dilemmas that GPs must face every day, to explain why it is that despite vast resources, time, skill and dedication, medicine is so often destined to fail. His recollections include his worst failures and biggest challenges, ranging from the everyday, the tragic, the grotesque, the villainous and the humorous. The Human Kind presents a fresh understanding of the difficult relationship between doctor and patient, and the challenges which both must face."--Jacket flap.</p>

The human kind : a doctor's stories from the heart of medicine / Peter Dorward.

Narrative based medicine : dialogue and discourse in clinical practice / edited by Trisha Greenhalgh, Brian Hurwitz.

1 print : halftone ; image 11.3 x 15.5 cm

Boer War: military staff and patients inside a tent in the Wynberg field hospital, South Africa. Halftone, 1900, after J. Bruton.

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1 painting : watercolour, in grisaille ; sheet 55.5 x 45.5 cm

A patient being examined before an audience of medical students. Watercolour attributed to M. Bishop, 1958 (?).

Boer War: a military physician bandages a wounded man in the open air, others watch. Halftone after H. M. Paget, c.1900.

1 photomechanical reproduction : lithograph, printed in colour ; image 19.9 x 26.9 cm

A surgeon apologetically takes a breather during an amputation operation: a bottle of champagne waits in a cooler; a doctor and nurse canoodle while the patient screams. Colour process print after J.-A. Faivre, 1902.

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Patientenorientierung und Professionalität : Festschrift : Dialogforum Pluralismus in der Medizin / Peter F. Matthiessen (Hrsg.).

A doctor and some women attend to and prepare bandages for a wounded military man lying in comfortable surroundings. Coloured pen and pencil drawing by A. Lynch.

The human kind : a doctor's stories from the heart of medicine / Peter Dorward.

Narrative based medicine : dialogue and discourse in clinical practice / edited by Trisha Greenhalgh, Brian Hurwitz.

Boer War: military staff and patients inside a tent in the Wynberg field hospital, South Africa. Halftone, 1900, after J. Bruton.

A patient being examined before an audience of medical students. Watercolour attributed to M. Bishop, 1958 (?).

Boer War: a military physician bandages a wounded man in the open air, others watch. Halftone after H. M. Paget, c.1900.

A surgeon apologetically takes a breather during an amputation operation: a bottle of champagne waits in a cooler; a doctor and nurse canoodle while the patient screams. Colour process print after J.-A. Faivre, 1902.

Boer War: a military physician bandages a wounded man in the open air, others watch. Wash drawing with gouache by H. M. Paget, c.1900.

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Patientenorientierung und Professionalität : Festschrift : Dialogforum Pluralismus in der Medizin / Peter F. Matthiessen (Hrsg.).

A doctor and some women attend to and prepare bandages for a wounded military man lying in comfortable surroundings. Coloured pen and pencil drawing by A. Lynch.

The human kind : a doctor's stories from the heart of medicine / Peter Dorward.

Narrative based medicine : dialogue and discourse in clinical practice / edited by Trisha Greenhalgh, Brian Hurwitz.

Boer War: military staff and patients inside a tent in the Wynberg field hospital, South Africa. Halftone, 1900, after J. Bruton.

A patient being examined before an audience of medical students. Watercolour attributed to M. Bishop, 1958 (?).

Boer War: a military physician bandages a wounded man in the open air, others watch. Halftone after H. M. Paget, c.1900.

A surgeon apologetically takes a breather during an amputation operation: a bottle of champagne waits in a cooler; a doctor and nurse canoodle while the patient screams. Colour process print after J.-A. Faivre, 1902.

Boer War: a military physician bandages a wounded man in the open air, others watch. Wash drawing with gouache by H. M. Paget, c.1900.

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