- Title: Concerning Cancer The Breast-Informed Decisions
- Date: 14th March 1989
- Summary: IN 1979 MASSACHUSETTS THE USA WAS THE FIRST TO PASS LEGISLATION WHICH SPECIFICALLY APPLIED TO THE TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER. DOCTORS ARE OBLIGED TO INFORM WOMEN OF ALL OPTIONS AND THE WOMEN THEN DECIDE WHICH TREATMENT TO CHOO SE. NO SUCH LEGISLATION IN BRITAIN. ROSE KUSHNER AUTHOR OF 'WHY ME?' AND MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN NATIONAL CANCER ADVISORY BOARD, TALKS TO WOMEN IN UK & MASSACHUSETTS WHO HAVE BREAST CANCER AND COMPARES THEIR EXPERIENCES. DOCTORS FROM US AND UK ARE INTERVIEWED, THE SENATOR RESPONSIBLE FOR PASSING THE 1ST LEGISLATION IN THE STATE IS INTERVIEWED AND A BREAST CARE NURSE COUNSELLOR, ANN TAIT, TALKS OF THE LACK OF LEGAL PROTECTION THAT EXISTS FOR THE PATIENT IN THIS COUNTRY COMPARED TO THE US. DR JOHN DAWSON GIVES THE VIEWS OF THE B.M.A. ALSO TALK TO PETER HAWKINS WHO RUNS THE JEANNIE CAMPBELL CAMPAIGN APPEAL IN KENT ABOUT HIS CAMPAIGN AND WHAT WOMEN ARE TELLING HIM IS HAPPENING NOW.
- Description:A FILM ON THE SUBJECT OF BREAST CANCER - THERE ARE VARIOUS OPTIONS AVIALABLE TO WOMEN SUFFERING AND THEY SHOULD HAVE THEM ALL OUTLINED AND EXPLAINED BEFORE MAKING THEIR OWN CHOICE REGARDING THEIR TREATMENT.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:Agender Films
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:14/03/1989
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1980s