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Dying with dignity : sun city choice
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In this program, NewsHour correspondent Susan Dentzer reports on life and death in Sun City, Arizona, a vibrant retirement community where hospice is the preferred form of end-of-life care. Dartmou...
In this program, NewsHour correspondent Susan Dentzer reports on life and death in Sun City, Arizona, a vibrant retirement community where hospice is the preferred form of end-of-life care. Dartmouth Medical School's John Wennberg and others consider the desire of many senior citizens with terminal illnesses to make peace with death rather than fight it. They also confront the fact that statistics show no direct correlation between costly ICU interventions and patient longevity. As America's elderly population doubles over the next 35 years, will more seniors opt for meeting the end in the Sun City way?
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- Creator
- MacNeil/Lehrer Productions
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2006], c1999
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (15 min.) : sd., col., digital file
- digital
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9781421339245
- OCLC
- ocn707968116
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on July 08, 2006.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Hospice: Death With Dignity (3:35) -- Medicare Resources for the Dying (2:56) -- Emergency Medical Response (1:49) -- Costly Medical Care for the Elderly (2:48) -- Hospice for Elderly Patients (2:26)