(Producer) This program addresses disability-related concerns that are matters of not only a person's health but dignity as well. The two types of long-term bladder problems--disinhibited and paralyzed bladder--are discussed, along with their management. Also discusses constipation and laxatives, and various techniques for dealing with swallowing problems.

This program provides useful guidelines and advice to caregivers assisting the mentally impaired. Closely examines the two major classifications of the impaired: those suffering from dementia, and those who have conditions such as Down's syndrome. Techniques on how to communicate with and assist the elderly are demonstrated. Instructive interviews with spouses, caregivers and parents round out this program.

When it comes to genetic testing, how much should a patient be told? If the news is bad, who else should the patient inform? And should such privileged information be made available to employers, insurance companies, and others? This Fred Friendly Seminar moderated by Harvard Law School's Arthur Miller offers a compelling discource on the far-reaching ethical, social, legal, and economic implications of genetic testing.

Moyers interviews Chomsky concerning politics and government in the U.S. and how the government controls the population through the media.

An investigation of clinical depression. Patients describe their feelings, while cognitive therapy pioneer Aaron Beck and other researchers discuss the results of their inquiries into contributory causes of depression. Case studies of patients with adult, childhood, and postnatal depression define the spectrum of the illness.

At the time the Roman Empire supplanted the failed Republic, the Rhine River marked Rome's northern frontier in western Europe, until Emperor Augustus tried to push the boundary east to the Elbe. This program focuses on the events during the 1st through 4th centuries and traces the movements of the Goths and the tribes of Germania. Includes the battle in the year 9 when Arminius, leader of the Germanic resistance to Roman colonization, destroyed three...

This program covers the social and economic organization of Europe in the Middle Ages: life in a farming hamlet; roles of the feudal lord, tenant farmers, and serfs; construction of the medieval castle; the medieval social organization; the role of the Church and clergy; courtley love and other literary inventions.

The play tells the beginning of the Oedipus saga, setting the stage and creating the characters who will continue the story to its conclusion in Antigone. Oedipus the King recounts the story of Oedipus, King of Thebes, a man, who out of stubborn pride, must know the truth at all costs.