Big Brother, Big Issues
A film that looks at the difference between an adult ward and a teenage ward.
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Richard explains the differences between his last stay and his current one. Richard’s film shows us how sometimes an adult ward can seem very bleak to a teenager. Here’s hoping that one day all hospitals will have teenage cancer units.