Free Medical Documentaries

This documentary introduces us to Stephen Jenkinson, once the leader of a palliative care counselling team at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital.

FORKS OVER KNIVES examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the so-called “diseases of affluence” that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods.

Take a look at this BBC documentary examining the science of acupuncture. Host and professor Kathy Sykes starts out a skeptic in regards to acupuncture as she travels to China where it originated as a key component of traditional Chinese medicine.

A Story of Healing is a short documentary film in which Donna Dewey follows a team of five nurses, four anesthesiologists, and three plastic surgeons from Interplast in the United States for two weeks of volunteer work in the Mekong delta of Vietnam.

This FRONTLINE documentary was first broadcast on PBS on April 18, 1983. It was filmed at a clinic in Chester, Pa., a small city which at that time had a 30% unemployment rate.

Take a look at this BBC documentary examining the science of hypnotherapy. Host and professor Kathy Sykes starts out a skeptic going to an entertaining hypnosis event where people are suggested under hypnosis to do all sorts of weird things.

With over four million children now on behavior modifying medications, some starting as young as two years old, FRONTLINE continues its investigation into the controversial practice of medicating kids.

Montana's Medical Marijuana law has been the subject of intense controversy and criticism. While the media has covered the social issues well, there has been little discussion about the science.

How pressure to increase profits and uneven government support are widening the divide between rich and poor hospitals, endangering care for low-income populations.

Filmed in 21 countries, the panoramic story of the coronavirus pandemic's first year as seen through the eyes of people all across the world.