This video looks primarily at the Study's second phase, during which teams of nurses were hired and specially trained to facilitate communication between patients, their families, and their physicians. The Study report has generated considerable national debate, since it indicates that these efforts to improve communication resulted in no significant improvement in the patient outcomes being measured. (VHS)

The Vanishing Line
When does life become a fate worse than death? In this age of medical "miracles", increasing numbers of doctors, patients and their families are forced to face this question. Physician/filmmaker Maren Monsen guides our view of this modern dilemma and its timeless implications as she takes us on a quest to discover an "art of dying" in a world that taught her well to prolong life, but offered few prescriptions for treating death. (VHS)

An Electronic Companion to Statistics
This program is designed to accompany statistics textbooks. Using animation, video and user-controlled diagrams along with text, presents concepts in statistics. Includes self-testing questions (with hints) and a glossary. (CD-ROM)

Comprehensive Review of Colposcopy
Designed for the practicing physician, allied support staff, and resident education, this CD gives you two ways to learn about colposcopy - through interactive patient presentations and interactive tutorials. The program simulates everyday practice and features slide images, 3-D animation, and audio narration. (CD-ROM)

Nursing Process in Pre & Post-Surgical Care
Disc 1 starts with a pretest which gives feedback following each decision screen. Following the pretest, the learner enters the clinical simulation and, using the steps of the nursing process, admits a patient scheduled to undergo a laparascopic cholecystectomy, takes the history, identifies areas of concern, and determines nursing diagnoses, goals, outcomes, and interventions. In addition, the learner prepares the patient for surgery, completes documentation, and evaluates the success of the interventions. Disc 2 continues the nursing process algorithm present in disc 1. The clinical simulation proceeds through the first few hours of postop care. The learner performs assessment, evaluates the data, encounters problems, and determines interventions. The learner is given the opportunity to modify preoperative nursing diagnoses, goals, and outcomes based on changes in the patient's postoperative course of recovery. A posttest concludes the program (CD-ROM)