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.
Title | Near Death |
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Year | 1989 |
Genre | Documentary |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | Exit Films Inc. |
Cast | |
Crew | Ollie Hallowell (Director of Photography), Frederick Wiseman (Editor), Victoria Garvin Davis (Assistant Editor), Nancy Simonian (Production Assistant), Frederick Wiseman (Producer), Frederick Wiseman (Director) |
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Release | Oct 07, 1989 |
Runtime | 358 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 6.70 / 10 by 13 users |