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Hospital

Title
Hospital [videorecording] / An Osti Film ; produced by Frederick Wiseman.
Publication
Cambridge, MA : Zipporah Films, 1969.

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Wiseman, Frederick.
Description
1 videocassette (84 min.) : sd., b&w.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Filmed over a five-week period at New York City's Metropolitan Hospital, Wiseman's cinema verité documentary tracks what occurs in the emergency, operating and receiving rooms, the wards and outpatient clinics. The cases depicted illustrate the degree to which medical expertise, availability of resources, organizational considerations and the nature of communication among the staff and patients affect the delivery of appropriate health care. They also reveal the interconnectness of hospital responsibilities to the city's social conditions outside its doors and to other social agencies, for example, welfare and children's services. The film concludes with a Mass conducted in the hospital's chapel and attended by patients and staff.
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  • Producer, director, editor, Frederick Wiseman; photographer, William Brayne.
Title
Hospital [videorecording] / An Osti Film ; produced by Frederick Wiseman.
Imprint
Cambridge, MA : Zipporah Films, 1969.
Credits
Producer, director, editor, Frederick Wiseman; photographer, William Brayne.
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Wiseman, Frederick.
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VTH 1925 H
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