United States / Oct 07, 1989
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Near Death |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Exit Films Inc. |
| Release date | 7 ottobre 1989 |
| Production | Frederick Wiseman |
| Editing | Frederick Wiseman, Victoria Garvin Davis |
| Cinematography | John Davey, Lyn Gaza, Ollie Hallowell |
| Assistant directors | Frederick Wiseman |
| Camera operators | John Davey, Lyn Gaza, Ollie Hallowell |
| Additional photography | John Davey, Lyn Gaza, Ollie Hallowell |
Release dates
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