As the worsening
economy leads to massive job losses—potentially forcing millions more Americans
to go without health insurance—FRONTLINE travels the country examining the
nation's broken health care system and explores the need for a fundamental
overhaul.
In recent years, there's been a dramatic increase
in the number of children being diagnosed with serious psychiatric disorders
and prescribed medications that are just beginning to be tested in children. In
The Medicated Child, FRONTLINE producer Marcela Gaviria confronts
psychiatrists, researchers and government regulators about the risks, benefits
and many questions surrounding prescription drugs for troubled children.
Vaccines have changed the world, largely
eradicating a series of terrible diseases, from smallpox to polio to
diphtheria, and likely adding decades to most of our life spans. But despite
the gains, a growing movement of parents remains fearful of vaccines. In The
Vaccine War, FRONTLINE lays bare the science of vaccine safety and examines the
increasingly bitter debate.
How far would you go to
sustain the life of someone you love, or your own? When the moment comes, and
you're confronted with the prospect of "pulling the plug," do you
know how you'll respond? In Facing Death, FRONTLINE gains extraordinary access
to The Mount Sinai Medical Center, one of New York's biggest hospitals, to take
a closer measure of today's complicated end-of-life decisions.
