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Death & Dying
The Andre Show (247)
The filmmaker and her adopted son, who was born with HIV, share the story of their extraordinary friendship, and of the challenges of Andre's short yet intense life. (43 minutes)
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Angela's Journey (480)
Angela is a bright, attractive young mother with two small children, and terminal breast cancer. This candid, compelling documentary follows Angela as she visits her physician and explores treatment options, while dealing with issues of body image, loneliness, and romance — and trying to pack twenty years of mothering into five. (49 minutes)
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Bearing Witness: Jocelyn Morton (403)
Follows sculptor Jocelyn Morton over the course of her last four months, as she copes with her impending death from cancer. (51 minutes)
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The Caregivers (504)
Follows brain cancer patients and the loved ones who care for them as they face painful and frightening medical procedures and their side effects, while trying to balance hope and realism in the face of a discouraging prognosis. (46 minutes)
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Caring at the End of Life (328)
Based on six case studies of seriously ill hospitalized patients, this moving film focuses on the key roles of nursing staff in improving patient-clinician communication in end-of-life care. (45 minutes)
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Caring at the End of Life Series (910)
This three-part series deals with end-of-life care and decision making in the hospital, through profiles of several severely ill patients and the staff who deal with them. (75 minutes)
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The Chemo Ate My Homework (485)
Kids with cancer are kids first. In between surgeries, radiation and chemotherapy, they want and need to continue with their ordinary lives. A brave, dedicated, and skilled corps of teachers help to give young patients a measure of normalcy. But not all the kids make it, and teachers must develop the strength to cope with grief and carry on. (27 minutes)
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Claire's Story (427)
Claire is a nurse but, she says, "I've learned some things since I was the patient." When the physician gave her the diagnosis of ovarian cancer, she understood the words, "but I couldn't hear anything he was saying." One in a series of brief, one-character dramas created by two nurse-educators. (17 minutes)
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Code Gray (004)
Academy Award nominee for Best Short Documentary. Explores four open-ended cases in which nurses confront serious ethical dilemmas in their day-to-day work. (26 minutes)
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Common Heroes (330)
Follows the nurses, physicians, social workers and clergy who make up the hospice team, and demonstrates the ways they collaborate to help patients and families. (30 minutes)
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Discussing Advance Directives (358)
A nursing team and physician meet to discuss the difficulties they encounter in working with patients on advance directives. Part of the Caring at the End of Life series. (15 minutes)
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Ethics Thru Drama (802)
A powerful and evocative series of short, one-character dramas created by two nurse-educators, and designed to focus discussion on complex ethical issues in end-of-life care. (54 minutes)
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A Family Undertaking (374)
Profiles the home funeral movement, and the complex psychological, cultural, legal and financial issues surrounding the growing trend of families choosing to prepare loved ones at home for burial or cremation. (56 minutes)
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A Fate Worse than Death? (076)
Families and caregivers confront the heartrending decision of whether to withdraw artificial life supports from loved ones in a coma or vegetative state. (50 minutes)
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Grave Words (224)
Blends humor, music and insight in an entertaining primer for physicians and other healthcare providers who need to talk with patients about end-of-life decisions. (25 minutes)
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Grief in America (245)
A comprehensive, multi-ethnic perspective on the ways Americans deal with grief and loss in all their forms. (57 minutes)
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Help Me Die (075)
Explores the controversial subject of euthanasia, through the stories of people who seek to end their pain through suicide, and others who choose hospice care. (48 minutes)
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How I Coped When Mommy Died (312)
This inspiring video was created by 13-year-old Brett after losing his mother to breast cancer when he was ten. Original music, animated video, photographs and artwork illustrate the teenager's experiences, thoughts, and feelings, while he takes the viewer on a journey through several years of his life. (26 minutes)
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The Journey Home (360)
The candid stories of five patients exemplify the unique gifts of hope, relief, and dignity that hospice care programs offer to thousands of terminally ill patients each year. (57 minutes)
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Life Support Decisions (183)
Will help elders, and their families and caregivers, to understand their rights and options regarding life-support technologies and end-of-life care and decision making. (50 minutes)
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Live and Let Go (381)
Faced with terminal cancer, 76-year-old Sam Niver chooses to die with dignity and on his own terms. This will be a moving and provocative trigger for discussions of assisted suicide. (56 minutes)
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Look For Me Here (244)
The final days in the life of a woman with metastatic cancer, who has chosen to forego further treatment, and to face death with friends and hospice care at home. (58 minutes)
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Making Every Moment Count (405)
Addresses the complex issues surrounding palliative end-of-life care for children. Psychologist Leora Kuttner profiles five children with life threatening illness, and the families and health professionals who support them. (39 minutes)
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Montaña de Luz (514)
Meet the children of the Montaña de Luz orphanage who are HIV positive and a living testament to the beauty and innocence of childhood in the face of adversity beyond their years. This documentary paints a stirring portrait of a loving community where nothing is truly certain but home, and where each birthday is a celebration of dreams fulfilled and dreams to come. (40 minutes)
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More than a Failing Heart (355)
Family members describe examples of the best of end-of-life care, and of the worst, and reveal how competent and compassionate physicians and nurses can change the end-of-life experience. (25 minutes)
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Mortal Lessons (511)
Follows the stories of two extraordinary women, diagnosed with end stage cancer, who are facing death head on, determined to lead richer, more rewarding lives in the time that they have. Threaded through their narratives are the perspectives of hospice workers, funeral directors, bereavement counselors and others who deal with death on a daily basis. (57 minutes)
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Phoenix Dance (462)
Renowned dancer Homer Avila lost his right leg and most of his hip to cancer. Following the creation of a pas de deux choreographed by Alonzo King, Phoenix Dance takes us on a journey of transformation and healing, challenging our expectations of what it means to be "disabled." (22 minutes)
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Pioneers of Hospice (415)
Explores the development of hospice and palliative care, focusing on the legacy of the founders of the modern hospice movement: Dame Cicely Saunders, Florence Wald, the late Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, and Balfour Mount. (49 minutes)
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Pitch of Grief (018)
Explores the process of grieving through interviews with four bereaved men and women, young and old. (28 minutes)
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Precious Lives, Meaningful Choices (464)
Among children with multiple special needs are some whose medical conditions will severely limit their potential lives. Their parents struggle to give them the best possible quality of life while knowing that the time they have is limited. The four families in this film embrace their children's lives with courage, love, and hope in the midst of uncertainty. (41 minutes)
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Remembering Tom (320)
This powerful film explores the tragic aftermath of a young man’s suicide, and its devastating impact on his entire family. (24 minutes)
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The Right to Decide (121)
Informed by the Patient Self-Determination Act, these outstanding physician-patient interviews explore patients' hopes, fears, and goals regarding end-of-life care. (43 minutes)
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Self Deliverance (322)
This unflinching portrait was filmed in Australia's Northern Territory, where Parliament was debating the world's first legislation guaranteeing terminally ill people the right to a physician-assisted death. It includes articulate testimony from physicians on both sides of this controversial issue, but its primary focus is on one courageous man's determination to confront death in his own way. (18 minutes)
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Sheila's Story (426)
Homeless, poor, and HIV positive, Sheila lacks the social supports, including insurance, that might help her face terminal illness with some kind of dignity. Yet she struggles to "celebrate who I am: a loudmouth and a caretaker." One in a series of brief, one-character dramas created by two nurse-educators. (19 minutes)
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Stanley (357)
This disturbing case study raises complex issues about medical prognosis and religious belief in end-of-life decision-making. Part of the Caring at the End of Life series. (15 minutes)
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Still Life (345)
Explores the emotional relationship between medical students in anatomy courses and the cadavers which make it possible for them to learn about the human body. The film includes a discussion of body donation. (27 minutes)
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The Support Project (177)
Documents an effort to improve end-of-life care in hospitals through encouraging better patient, family, and physician communication. (15 minutes)
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Surviving Death (270)
Seven people from a variety of cultural backgrounds speak openly about how they have been affected by the death of someone close to them, and about the ways they have found to survive their loss. (47 minutes)
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Those Who Stay Behind (295)
Interviews with five recently bereaved people offer a guide to help others navigate the healthcare system, the medical decisions they must make, and their own grief process. (31 minutes)
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To Choose No Harm (184)
Two healthcare teams must resolve conflicts between the wishes of dying patients and family members, and their own beliefs and clinical judgements. The cases are also discussed by the hospital ethics committee. (45 minutes)
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To Live Until I Die (375)
Most Americans die in the hospital, often alone and in pain. These six terminally ill individuals are facing what lies ahead with anger, humor, insight, and honesty — determined to have a "good death." (58 minutes)
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Tricia's Story (425)
A breast cancer patient confronts difficult moral and spiritual issues as she comes to grips with the fact that her illness is terminal. One in a series of brief, one-character dramas created by two nurse-educators. (18 minutes)
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Two Films On End-Of-Life Issues (914)
Help Me Die explores the controversial subject of euthanasia, and the issues involved when terminally ill loved ones ask a physician or family member for help in dying (48 minutes.) A Fate Worse than Death? follows several families who must decide whether to withdraw artificial life support from a loved one in a coma or vegetative state (50 Minutes.) (98 minutes)
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A Video Essay on Teenage Grief (503)
Ninety percent of children in the United States may experience the loss of a loved one by the time they are eighteen. In this two-part DVD, five young women meet to share their experiences of grief over the loss of their fathers from suicide, accident, a drug overdose, and cancer. (47 minutes)
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The Way Home (364)
This moving documentary introduces a variety of elders who are trying to find the best possible living situation for themselves or for their loved ones during their "golden years." (56 minutes)
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The Way We Die (154)
Intimately filmed interviews between caregivers and terminally ill patients encourage professionals to attend more closely to their patients' values, needs, and wishes. (24 minutes)
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