The waiting room [dvd videorecording] / Docurama ; directed by Peter Nicks. - 1 DVD video (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Title from web page. 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.

025192205910

88128928000 Docurama

Midwest Tape http://www.midwesttapes.com


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 conditions.


Medical films (Motion pictures)
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

RA975.5.E5 / W35856 2012

362.18