Explain the news story and Health News Review analysis of the story.

1. Movie review: There are many movies available at Hamersly Library related to the US healthcare system (“Unnatural Causes-In sickness and in wealth”, “High Price of Health”, “And the Band Played On” (HIV/AIDS), “Typhoid Mary”, “Dying to be Thin”). Also Frontline PBS has many health related titles (“Obama’s Deal”,” Facing Death”, “The Medicated Child”, Poisoned Waters”, “The New Asylums”, “Post Mortem”, “ The Meth Epidemic”, “ The real CSI”, “Dollars and Dentists”, “The Last Abortion Clinic”, “The Suicide Plan”) There are many more, you can choose, all are available to watch online. Watch any of these or one you have found and write up a review by answering the following questions: What is the health issue that is being described or addressed? What are the proposed solutions (if any) or approaches to the problem? Are differing views described in the documentary? If so, what are they? Describe how this issue is relevant to public health. (15 points) 2. Go to the Health News Review web site: http://www.healthnewsreview.org/ and see what sort of place this is. What is the purpose of this group? (Check out the site here for medical news: “News sites/blogs we like.) Assignment: Go to “story reviews”. Choose any story and write a detailed summary/review of what you find. Explain the news story and Health News Review analysis of the story. (15 points)