Il Paziente europeo

Der Europäische Patient

The European patient

El paciente europeo

Europejski pacjent

Le patient européen

What is the state of health systems in Europe? How are issues of access to care being addressed among our European neighbours? What is the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic? An inventory of the situation through documentary films, portraits of individuals and reports from all over Europe.

The European Collection

Naama, Camille, Thomas, Hassan, Jason and Nicolas have all been diagnosed with schizophrenia – an illness that is different for everyone who experiences it. They tell us about what it’s like to live with that label each day, and the preconceived ideas it invites. Which of these are true and which are false?

This programme by French broadcaster France.tv Slash is part of the European Collection, a joint initiative from European public service media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR, RTBF and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Meet six people diagnosed with schizophrenia, and learn what it’s like to live with that label.

Living with schizophrenia

Six wheelchair users discuss their very personal journeys, and while some see their wheelchair as a means to making the most of life with their physical disability, others still find it hard to come to terms with their situation. All have had to challenge stereotypes and clichés about people with disabilities in their daily lives.

This programme by French broadcaster France.tv Slash is part of the European Collection, a joint initiative from European public service media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR, RTBF and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Six wheelchair users tell us about the stereotypes and clichés they have to challenge in their daily lives.

Life as a wheelchair user

Tattooing began as an ancient symbolic practice and has evolved into an artform, but today it can also be used to cover scars, camouflage skin conditions and even reconstruct nipples after mastectomy, allowing people to cope better with the aftermath of accidents or illness. Laetitia Limmois meets reconstructive tattoo artists and uncovers the possibilities and the risks.

This programme by France Télévisions Slash is part of the European Collection, a joint initiative from European public service media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR, RTBF and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Reconstructive tattooing, used to camouflage scars and reconstruct nipples, is helping people heal mentally.

The art of reconstructive tattoos

Social media platforms like Snapchat are offering more and more advanced filters that not only change the aesthetic of an image, but touch up a person’s physical features. Journalist Camélia Kheiredine met with young people who have undergone cosmetic surgery to resemble the filters they use online.

This documentary series by France.tv Slash is part of The European Collection, a joint initiative of European public media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR, RTBF and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Meet the young people who resorted to cosmetic surgery to look more like the filters they use on social media.

Snapchat dysmorphia

In Spain, healthcare professionals are sick of their healthcare system. Overworked and underpaid, 92% of healthcare workers in Madrid say they are suffering from burnout. The Spanish system, once considered the best in Europe so renowned, is in crisis.

Overworked and underpaid, many healthcare workers in Madrid say they are suffering from burnout. 

Re: Spanish Healthcare in Crisis

Theresia Crone was hospitalised for the first time at age 14 due to extreme abdominal pain. She had to wait a long time before she was correctly diagnosed with endometriosis. Priscilla Herbil had a similar experience. Both are now fighting for better recognition of this condition affecting women.

Breaking the Taboo

Endometriosis affects one in ten women. Theresia is fighting for better awareness and better diagnosis of her condition.

Re: Endometriosis

Between 2% and 5% of schoolchildren in France are said to suffer from anxiety about going to school. To tackle this phenomenon, a high school in Britanny has put in place a special programme.

Helping Adolescent Phobias

Re: Fear of School

Almost seven million people in Europe live with Alzheimer's, a life-changing condition for sufferers and those close to them. To provide a safe and welcoming place for sufferers, an innovative "Alzheimer's village" has opened in France, with shops, a library and even a cinema.

To provide a safe and welcoming place for sufferers of Alzheimer's, an innovative "Alzheimer's village" has opened in France.

Re: The Alzheimer's Village

Will there soon be degrees in animal welfare? France has a livestock population of 20 million farm animals and almost one in two households owns an animal. More and more attention is being paid to animal health in the country. But what is so special about alternative medicine for animals? And why is interest in it growing?

What is so special about alternative medicine for animals? And why is interest in it growing? Report from France.

Re: New Age Animal Welfare

Midwifery has traditionally been a female profession. Of the 27,000 or so midwives in Germany, only around thirty are men, with similar statistics in other European companies. Why is it such a female dominated sector?

Of the 27,000 or so midwives in Germany, only around thirty are men. Why is it such a female dominated profession?

Re: The Midwife is a Man!

Bed bugs are back in our homes and in hotels. To get rid of them effectively, you first need to know how they live. We take a look at how researchers, exterminators and hoteliers are fighting the scourge of these blood-sucking insects.

The European patient

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Living with schizophrenia

Life as a wheelchair user

The art of reconstructive tattoos

Snapchat dysmorphia

Re: Spanish Healthcare in Crisis

Re: Endometriosis

Re: Fear of School

Re: The Alzheimer's Village

Re: New Age Animal Welfare

Re: The Midwife is a Man!

Re: Hunting Down Bedbugs

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