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Caring at the end of life : cases from the SUPPORT project
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- Summary
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Central to this provocative documentary is the case of a comatose patient, whose family and healthcare team are in conflict over how long to continue with the treatments which are keeping him alive...
Central to this provocative documentary is the case of a comatose patient, whose family and healthcare team are in conflict over how long to continue with the treatments which are keeping him alive. In making decisions about his care, they confront disturbing ethical questions about patient autonomy vs. the needs of the family, about who is in a position to judge what another person would want, about the role and impact of faith, and about the certainty or fallibility of medical judgement. This moving film focuses on the key roles of nursing staff in patient care and communication. It profiles six severely ill patients who agreed to be a part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's SUPPORT Study on end-of-life care and decision making.
Details
- Creator
- Fanlight Productions
- Included Titles
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- Stanley
- Discussing advance directives
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- [Boston, Massachusetts] : [Distributed by] The Fanlight Collection, [2017]
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (75 min.)
- OCLC
- ocn987275692
- Credits
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- Narration, Jeff Loeb
- Written & directed by Ben Achtenberg ; produced by Ben Achtenberg, Christine Mitchell
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Ben Achtenberg, ©2001.
- Caring at the end of life: cases from the SUPPORT project (2001 ; 45 min.) -- Stanley (2002 ; 15 min.) -- Discussing advance directives: decisions at the end of life (2002 ; 15 min.)