
What the Amish can teach the rest of us about modern medicine
When healthcare is expensive, the Amish culture of autonomy and thrift may be a way to balance communal support and individual responsibility. Sara Talpos finds out more.
When healthcare is expensive, the Amish culture of autonomy and thrift may be a way to balance communal support and individual responsibility. Sara Talpos finds out more.
How Pomerene Hospital, Ohio, became more welcoming to the Amish community.
A writhing mass of maggots in a wound might seem like a good reason to seek medical help, but, sometimes it’s the doctors who have put them there.
Dr Anna Motz, a clinical and forensic psychologist and psychotherapist, explains the impact her work has had on her life so far.
Exploring the challenges women in prison face, and moves to reduce the number jailed.
For decades, unidentified bodies have been consigned to the back rooms of morgues and all but forgotten. Now a handful of campaigners are on a quest to find out who they are and where they come from. Deborah Halber reports.
Carrie Arnold reports on an ancient treatment being revived to help heal painful infected injuries.
A film about living with persistent wounds and the search for better ways to help them heal.
In this talk for 5x15, Gaia Vince discusses the remarkable nerve that connects our brain to the rest of our vital organs.
As old age approaches, Geoff Watts confronts an inevitable future in the care of robots. But that doesn’t mean he likes it.