Near Death

1989 358 min ⭐ 7.0/10 15 votes

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Countries

United States of America

Spoken Languages

English en

Cast

Crew

Frederick Wiseman

Producer

Frederick Wiseman

Director

Backdrops

Posters

External Links

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