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HV- Caregiver

Series: HearingVoices- Specials
From: Hearing Voices
Length: 00:53:57

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Taking Care, Taking Heart Read the full description.
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Piece Description

This is an episode in the series Hearing Voices from NPR now being offered as a standalone special.

Host: Dmae Roberts of Stories1st.org

Summary: Health caretakers: "Bad Teeth at King Drew Dental Clinic" by Ayala Ben-Yehuda: the Dental Divide, South L.A.'s clinic of last resort. "The Breast Cancer Monologues- Three Woman" by Dmae Roberts: surviving breast cancer, perspectives of a Chicana, African-American and Romanian immigrant. "A Square Meal, Regardless" by Jennifer Nathan: Two old friends caring for each other into old age. "Dialysis" by Joe Frank: kidney failure and a friend indeed. "Hospice Chronicles" (excerpt) by Long Haul Productions: Volunteer Bettie's first patient. "The Person I Admire Most" by Jake Warga: A day with Jenafir in Ethiopia, trying to save the world.

Listener info and links:
HearingVoices.com/news/

0:15 On-Air Promo Text: This week on Hearing Voices: "Caregiver," Taking Care, Taking Heart. XXX. That's Hearing Voices: "Caregiver," this AIRTIME on STATION.

Timing and Cues

Billboard 1:00
Segment A 23:00
Break 1:00
Segment B 29:00
Promo 0:30

Additional Credits

Funder: CPB

Related Website

http://hearingvoices.com/news/2009/09/hv024-caregiver/