- Playing
- Heartland Medicine
- From
- Helen Borten
"Heartland Medicine" was included in the second season of A SENSE OF PLACE and distributed by PRI. Meet three young family doctors, all related, who provide total care to farm families in Nebraska. One of them wears an earring, has a tattoo covering his back, makes house calls on a motorcycle and is beloved by his patients. His brother, also a physician in a different rural area, raises horses in his spare time. Go into the examining room and listen to their patients. An intimate portrait of an almost vanished breed: the selfless country doctor.
One :15 promo (click "listen" page, promo labeled "Segment 2")
One :30 promo (click "listen" page, promo labeled "Segment 3")
Also in the A Sense of Place series
Fly Fishing in Montana
(00:30:01)
From: Helen Borten
An ancient pastime explored in the lives, lore and literature of anglers.
House of the Lord
(00:29:33)
From: Helen Borten
The history of a black church on an antebellum plantation and how it was saved from destruction.
The Children of Logan
(00:28:58)
From: Helen Borten
The producer returns to her Philadelphia home and finds hope amid the ruins. The life and death of an inner city neighborhood.
Vietnamese Homecoming Part Two
(00:29:01)
From: Helen Borten
Conflict breaks out between the Vietnamese and Cajun shrimpers and the fate of both hangs in the balance.
Vietnamese Homecoming Part One
(00:29:07)
From: Helen Borten
Fishermen and their families escape from Vietnam to a new home in Louisiana and struggle to earn a living along the Gulf Coast.
Summer Camp
(00:29:03)
From: Helen Borten
From the mouths of kids and the memories of grownups comes a rambunctious portrait of a peculiarly American institution.
Sunset Hall
(00:28:57)
From: Helen Borten
Leftist causes continue to invigorate residents of a Los Angeles retirement home for radicals.
Lost in America
(00:28:59)
From: Helen Borten
Drug addicts, a prostitute and a blind woman recount their journeys through homelessness to a new life.
Broadway Memories
(00:29:35)
From: Helen Borten
From a riot in 1849 to today’s regulars at Barrymore’s Bar, how a street became the universal symbol of live theater.
Nightfall in Chester County
(00:29:29)
From: Helen Borten
In Pennsylvania farmland that was the first stop on the Underground Railroad, a strike by Mexican mushroom pickers polarizes a Quaker community.
Related Pieces
Piece Description
"Heartland Medicine" was included in the second season of A SENSE OF PLACE and distributed by PRI. Meet three young family doctors, all related, who provide total care to farm families in Nebraska. One of them wears an earring, has a tattoo covering his back, makes house calls on a motorcycle and is beloved by his patients. His brother, also a physician in a different rural area, raises horses in his spare time. Go into the examining room and listen to their patients. An intimate portrait of an almost vanished breed: the selfless country doctor. One :15 promo (click "listen" page, promo labeled "Segment 2") One :30 promo (click "listen" page, promo labeled "Segment 3")
2 Comments
|
Review of Heartland MedicineA real sense of these communities comes through clearly, as does a sense of the three docs profiled. Lovely tape of patient/doctor interactions, as well as others connected to the health concerns of the community. Lots of problematic issues discussed, no lecturing, just the realities. Good production in every way.
|
Of 4 purchasers of this piece...
- 3 also bought:
Hollow Victory (00:30:01) - 3 also bought:
- 3 also bought:
- 3 also bought:
Divorced Kid (00:54:00) - 3 also bought:
States of Marriage (00:52:00)
Rupa Marya
Posted on May 07, 2004 at 07:15 AM | Permalink
Review of Heartland Medicine
This piece is a periscope into the communities cared for by three country physicians. Through the lens of the doctor/patient interaction, we hear poignant tales from the lives of people living in rural Nebraska. The quality of the sound and the balance between hearing from the doctors and their patients brought me right into their world, as sun-baked, homegrown and eccentric as it is. A beautiful, in-depth, humanistic examination of what it sounds like caring for and being cared for by people you know. This story would work well with news stories about how underserved our rural communities continue to be or how family medicine, once a favorite specialty of the 90s, is becoming a less popular career choice of today's subspecializing medical students.