Near Death
First aired on Oct 7, 1989
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Genres: Documentary
NEAR DEATH is a film about the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital. The film is concerned with how people face death. More specifically the film presents the complex interrelationships among patients, families, doctors, nurses, hospital staff and religious advisors as they confront the personal, ethical, medical, psychological, religious and legal issues involved in making decisions about whether or not to give life-sustaining treatment to dying patients.
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Featured Crew
John Davey | Director of Photography
Frederick Wiseman | Producer
Frederick Wiseman | Editor
Victoria Garvin Davis | Assistant Editor
Frederick Wiseman | Director
Lyn Gaza | Director of Photography
