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Query: UMLS:C0751295 (
memory loss
)
3,619
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Soap operas and dramas attract huge audiences and seek to reflect real life (Caughie 2000), yet little has been written about whether depictions of health problems in these productions colour public perceptions of illness. This article examines two portrayals of ageing and
memory loss
, one from
BBC
Radio 4's The Archers and one from a
BBC
television adaptation of Alan Bennett's dramatic monologue Talking Heads. It uses healthcare and media literature to compare their use of realism and assess their likely effect on public awareness. The implications of dramatic representations of
memory loss
for nurses who provide information and support to patients newly diagnosed with memory problems and their families are discussed.
...
PMID:The ways in which dramas affect public perceptions of ageing. 2156 Oct 29
