When the patient takes charge of his illness – as seen in Pulsations TV No. 120 Sharing responsibility for your treatment – this presents a challenge for many people with chronic illnesses. 30 years ago, the GUH were pioneers in the development of therapeutic education. Based on patient motivation and involvement, this alternative approach to care, first used to manage diabetes, is now used for 35 other conditions. We find out more by hearing about the experiences of Claire, Stéphanie and Alex.

We are in an institut médico-educatif in Angoulême. Every monday, some children heard story about differences..

Laos owns one of the last primary forests in Asia. For several years, thousands of hectares of this ancestral forest have been brought down and replaced by an industrial culture of hevea, the rubber tree. Three local initiatives attempt to make the young laotians aware of the richness of their environmental heritage and of the danger of deforestation having irremediable consequences on biodiversity.

From women's story who were twenty years ago very young 14-15year-old moms, Claude Couderc wonders about the situation of the adolescent mothers today, in France. " Mothers in the adolescence " feeds on round trips between the difficult years which these young women crossed and their current life: new children, new partner sometimes, breaks, they show each in their own way their reconstruction and their fight.

They are skinned alive, teenagers severely damaged by life, not psychological, psychiatric and educational slip into mental illness, deviance, violence and even suicide. The family, the school or with usual medical unfortunately fail to help. To meet and understand the call for help of these young people have been put in place the houses of teens (MDA). Here, health is understood as a global physical, psychological, relational and educational. Rejane Varrod specifically chose to put her camera in the House of adolescents of Calvados, the manager, Dr.

Can Western doctors pass on their competences to their colleagues in Vietnam? A hospital on the edge of Mekong River and its patients are in need of technical assistance, but above all, they look for fresh knowledge, new methods and gestures. A medical team from Switzerland goes repeatedly for short visits to Can Tho, links have been tied over the years - these links are precious to overcome the confrontation of two different approaches regarding hygiene, education, relationship with the patient, life and death…

At the time of the first admission for their disease, sleep apnea patients are informed about diagnostic aspects, therapeutic issues and technical aspects of CPAP treatment. Nevertheless, some of this information is not retained by the patients. The goal of this educational film is to reinforce this information and giving to the patient some practical advices concerning this disease and its management.

Tracheostomised patients (either ventilated or not) need a learning phase to incorporate the basic information necessary to understand and self manage this particular treatment. The goal of this film is to remind this information and to giving to patient some practical advises concerning this disease and its management.

ESSENTIEL SANTE is an emission of education to health and prevention, which aims at putting at the range of all information necessary to better manage its health daily.

This film suppose to prepare the parents for presence during induction of general anaesthesia in their children. So the parents can understand their role and can help their child.The film schow a little girl with his dad, from the hospitalisation service to the operating room (when she is sliping). There are comments how explain all the moments.