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The Child and Medical Treatment: The Chance to Live, or to Die with Dignity?

What happens when doctors and parents cannot agree on whether a child should be given experimental medical treatment? Why is there any question mark over a parent’s right to decide if medical treatment for their child continues?

Dying in Today's World

The concept of a ‘good death’, and how it can be achieved will be discussed, including the importance of open conversations with children being bereaved. Discussion will also tackle some of the issues around physician- assisted suicide and euthanasia.

London Belongs to Us: Street-Life and New Wave British Cinema of the 1960s

In the 1960s, British filmmakers broke out of the studio to find new subjects among the young, fashionable and disadvantaged, seen in their natural habitats – not only in the North and Midlands, but in unfamiliar parts of London.

Infections of the Abdominal Organs

Our gut is permanently full of large numbers of bacteria but serious infections rarely occur due to its extraordinary immune system. Public health has reduced but not eliminated transmission of these potentially dangerous infections.

Cult Films of London

"We're not trying to capture reality, we're trying to find...

The Myth of the Lone Heroic Surgeon

People often think that surgery is about the skill of a single surgeon. In fact operations depend on teamwork, with nurses, surgeons, anaesthetists and technicians all playing vital roles as they work together.

Taking London to the World: Robert Paul Shows his Native City in Motion

Britain’s pioneer filmmaker, born 150 years ago in North London, vividly portrayed the variety of life in ‘the imperial metropolis’ at the end of the 19th century, conscious of its historic appeal but also emphasising the modernity of which he was a part.

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The Child and Medical Treatment: The Chance to Live, or to Die with Dignity?

Dying in Today's World

London Belongs to Us: Street-Life and New Wave British Cinema of the 1960s

Infections of the Abdominal Organs

Cult Films of London

The Myth of the Lone Heroic Surgeon

Taking London to the World: Robert Paul Shows his Native City in Motion

Infections of the Lung and Heart

London's First Filmmaker

Infections and the Nerves

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