The waiting room [dvd videorecording] /Docurama ; directed by Peter Nicks.
Contributor(s): Nicks, Peter [film director.] | Docurama (Firm) [production company.] | Cinedigm (Firm) [film distributor.].
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Visual materialDescription: 1 DVD video (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.Subject(s): Hospitals -- Emergency services
| Health care reform -- United States | Medical policy -- United States | Medical care -- California -- Oakland | Medical economics -- California -- Oakland | Community life -- California -- Oakland | Oakland (Calif.) -- Politics and government | Oakland (Calif.) -- Social conditionsGenre/Form: Medical films (Motion pictures) | Documentary films. | Feature films. | Nonfiction films. | Video recordings for the hearing impaired.DDC classification: 362.18 Summary: A character-driven documentary film that goes behind the doors of an American public hospital struggling to care for a community of largely uninsured patients. Young victims of gun violence take their turn alongside artists and small business owners who lack insurance. The film weaves the stories of several patients-as well as the hospital staff charged with caring for them-as they cope with the complexity of the nation's public health care system, while dealing with a national recession.
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2012.
Special features: Audio commentary with director Pete Nicks; Outtakes/Extended scenes.
A character-driven documentary film that goes behind the doors of an American public hospital struggling to care for a community of largely uninsured patients. Young victims of gun violence take their turn alongside artists and small business owners who lack insurance. The film weaves the stories of several patients-as well as the hospital staff charged with caring for them-as they cope with the complexity of the nation's public health care system, while dealing with a national recession.
Rating: Not rated.
DVD, widescreen; Region 1, NTSC.
Closed-captioned.
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