Voices of lupus
Description
This inspiring program uses strong, positive role models to show how women afflicted with lupus can help themselves through peer group support and better communication with their physicians and families. This autoimmune disease affects more than half a million women from diverse social, cultural, and economic backgrounds. Interviews with patients and physicians demonstrate positive strategies that can help people with lupus, their families, and their physicians to cope better with this painful, unpredictable illness.
Runtime
28 min
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Genre
Date of Publication
[2008], c1992
Database
Films on Demand
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