On our own terms : Moyers on dying

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Label

On our own terms : Moyers on dying

Title remainder

Moyers on dying

Statement of responsibility

Bill Moyers

Title variation

• On our own terms:
• Moyers on dying

Title variation remainder

Moyers on dying

Contributor

• Films for the Humanities (Firm)
• Public Affairs Television (Firm)
• Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
• Mannes, Elena
• Moyers, Bill D
• Moyers, Judith Davidson
• O'Neill, Judy Doctoroff

Subject

• Bereavement
• Caregivers
• Death -- Moral and ethical aspects
• Death -- Psychological aspects
• Hospice care
• Palliative treatment
• Right to die
• Terminal care
• Terminally ill -- Psychological aspects

Language

eng

Summary

• [1] Living with Dying : Describes the search for new ways of thinking and talking about dying. Forgoing the usual reluctance that most Americans show toward speaking about death, patients and medical professionals alike come forward to examine the end of life with honesty, courage, and even humor, demonstrating that dying can be an incredibly rich experience for both the terminally ill and their loved ones
• [2] A Different Kind of Care: Presents important strides being made in the area of palliative care at pioneering institutions such as New York's Mt. Sinai Hospital and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. These advances are bringing peace to those who fear that they will be a burden to loved ones, will suffer needlessly, or will be abandoned in their hour of greatest need
• [3] A Death of One's Own : Unravels the complexities underlying the many choices at the end of life, including the bitter debate over physician-assisted suicide. Three patients, their families, and their doctors discuss some of the hardest decisions, including how to pay for care, what constitutes humane treatment, and how to balance dying and dignity
• [4] A Time to Change : Presents crusading medical professionals including staff members of the Balm of Gilead Project in Birmingham, Alabama, who have dedicated themselves to improving end-of-life care by changing America's overburdened health system

Cataloging source

XFH

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Produced and directed by Elena Mannes ; Executive producers, Judy Doctoroff O'Neill, Judith Davidson Moyers

Date time place

Series originally aired on PBS, September 10-13, 2000

Runtime

360

Technique

live action