The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2007 - Assignment - The neglected thalidomiders

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Fifty years ago, the drug thalidomide was introduced as a treatment for pregnancy sickness. The results for unborn children were devastating. Many of those affected have been compensated - but not thalidomiders in Spain. Geoff Adams-Spink investigates why.

Published on Thursday, 15th November 2007.

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