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Mental Health Nurse Practitioners
From: KLCC
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Rural mental health care

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 04, 2007
  • Length: 06:52
  • Purchases: 2
Shattering the Stigma: Women Confront HIV/AIDS in Africa
From: A World of Possibilities
Series: Women's History Month Special
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Women Confront HIV/AIDS in Africa

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, 90.5 WSNC, KMUD, KREV-LP, WVAS and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2007
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 12
Part One: Sir Tom Shakespeare
From: Siobhan Mullen / David Lewis
Series: Get On With It
Caption: PRX default Piece image
first of a five part series looking at the lives of disabled people

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: Jul 07, 2006
  • Length: 10:01
  • Purchases: 1
An Encounter at Harold's Cross
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Tales of an Irish M.D.
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The privations of war lead to a surprising night on the town for a Dublin doctor.

  • Added: Jun 29, 2006
  • Length: 08:25
Why Single Payer, Part 6: The Single Payer System
From: Miles Eddy
Series: Why Single Payer Healthcare Series One
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The problems in healthcare have gone beyond just tweaking the current system to a point where we really have to look at infrastructure issues, and ...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2006
  • Length: 07:44
Part Three: NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAMS BRING HOPE AND FACE CONTROVERSY
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Voices of HIV
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A report on Hartford's innovative needle exchange program.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2006
  • Length: 05:57
Part Two: LATINA WOMEN AT INCREASING RISK of HIV
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Voices of HIV
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why Latina women are more at risk, and one woman?s story.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WJAB, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 12, 2006
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 3
Part One: HIV PREVENTION IS LOSING GROUND
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Voices of HIV
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a look at how efforts to prevent the spread of HIV are failing

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 12, 2006
  • Length: 06:07
  • Purchases: 1
Why Single Payer, Part 5: The Flow of Medical Information, the legal system, and medical school.
From: Miles Eddy
Series: Why Single Payer Healthcare Series One
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Emergency rooms don't have access to a patient's primary healthcare information. This, as well as the cost of a healthcare education, adds to the ...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2006
  • Length: 05:35
Why Single Payer, Part 4: Emergency Rooms and Prevention
From: Miles Eddy
Series: Why Single Payer Healthcare Series One
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As access to healthcare becomes increasingly difficult, emergency rooms are becoming the primary health service for a lot of people.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2006
  • Length: 06:47
Why Single Payer, Part 3: Cash Flow in the Healthcare Industry
From: Miles Eddy
Series: Why Single Payer Healthcare Series One
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When capitalism is applied to taking care of our health, things can quickly get out of control.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2006
  • Length: 04:41
Why Single Payer, Part 2: A big slice of the healthcare pie - Insurance and Pharmaceutical Companies
From: Miles Eddy
Series: Why Single Payer Healthcare Series One
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If you look at who is profitable in healthcare these days, it's not hospitals, it's not doctors; the two most profitable lines of business are phar...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2006
  • Length: 04:44
Why Single Payer, Part 1: We are all paying for a broken healthcare system!
From: Miles Eddy
Series: Why Single Payer Healthcare Series One
Caption: PRX default Piece image
We are all paying for a broken healthcare system! Three healthcare professionals speak out why and offer some possible solutions.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2006
  • Length: 06:17
Jamaican Youth Activist Tries to Prevent HIV's Spread
From: UNICEF
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This Story Is Free! Kerril McKay tells the story of how HIV has affected her life

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KRCB 104.9, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KDNK


  • Added: Nov 11, 2005
  • Length: 02:13
  • Purchases: 4
Young Thai Woman Educates Peers about HIV
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Nakwan Leknork from Thailand Helps other Young People Stem the Tide of HIV

  • Added: Nov 11, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
Autobiorama - To Drink or Not to Drink
From: WMNF
Series: Autobiorama
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first person stories on a theme

Bought by Vocalo.org


  • Added: Oct 25, 2005
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 1
HEART-to-HEART Pgm I: Beyond Pain
From: Claire Schoen
Series: HEART-to-HEART: Caring for the Dying
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It is possible for almost everyone to be pain free at the end of their lives

Bought by WDCV, Audible, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 28, 2005
  • Length: 01:06:33
  • Purchases: 3
HEART-to-HEART Pgm II: Children Sometimes Die
From: Claire Schoen
Series: HEART-to-HEART: Caring for the Dying
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We expect that children will get sick from time to time. But we don't expect them to die.

Bought by Audible and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 28, 2005
  • Length: 01:00:39
  • Purchases: 2
HEART-to-HEART Pgm III: Respecting Diversity
From: Claire Schoen
Series: HEART-to-HEART: Caring for the Dying
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Respecting Diversity looks at the influence of culture, race and religion on dying; how the assumptions behind "good end-of-life care" do not nece...

Bought by KMXT, WETA, Audible, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KALW


  • Added: Jul 28, 2005
  • Length: 01:00:45
  • Purchases: 5
A Survivor of Cutting Speaks Out
From: North Country Public Radio
Series: Raise Your Voice: Stories from North Country Teens
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teen audio diary about self-injury, or cutting

Bought by WBEZ, PRX, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 08, 2005
  • Length: 07:57
  • Purchases: 3
Living Well Show - Dr. Noreena Hertz - The Debt Threat
From: KRZA
Series: Living Well Show
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Dr. Noreena Herts discusses the burden of thrid world debt and how it effects us all.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2005
  • Length: 29:45
A Danger to Self and Others
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Waiting it Out Series
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"A Danger to Self or Others" documents everyday life inside the Chicago Cook County Jail's Mental Health Division - the largest provider of mental ...

Bought by PRX Remix and WYBC


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 2
Medical History
From: Conrad Bishop
Series: Family Snapshots
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A woman tries to tell her uncomprehending doctor that she doesn't have her family medical history because, as an adoptee, she's legally denied acce...

  • Added: May 31, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Aerobics Instructor-Long Version
From: Richard Paul
Series: People Who Work
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The hardest working man in body biz

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, PRX Remix, and KUHB


  • Added: Jan 06, 2004
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 3
Garbage Man-Long Version
From: Richard Paul
Series: People Who Work
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A trashman talks frankly about his life and work

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KUT, Vocalo.org, PRX Remix, KVNF and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2004
  • Length: 09:00
  • Purchases: 7