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Near Death
1989 7.0 (15 votes) 5h 46m
Genres
Documentary
Production Companies
Exit Films Inc.

Near Death

Overview

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.

Key Crew

Director of Photography: John Davey, Lyn Gaza, Ollie Hallowell

Producer: Frederick Wiseman

Director: Frederick Wiseman

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