Description |
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD format. |
Performer |
Host, Bill Moyers. |
Credits |
Field producer, Paco de Onis ; associate producer, Valerie Linson ; editor, Sharon Sachs ; writers, Bill Moyers, Gail Pellett ; original music, Michael Small ; series producer, Elena Mannes ; executive producers, Judy Doctoroff O'Neill, Judith Davidson Moyers. |
Event |
Series originally aired on PBS, September 10-13, 2000. |
Summary |
Bill Moyers presents 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 these decisions, including how to pay for care, what constitutes humane treatment, and how to balance dying and dignity. |
Subject |
Death.
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Death -- Social aspects.
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Death -- Psychological aspects.
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Terminally ill.
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Terminally ill -- Family relationships.
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Right to die.
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Added Author |
Moyers, Bill D.
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Pellett, Gail.
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Public Affairs Television (Firm)
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Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
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Added Title |
On our own terms (Television program)
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Music No. |
FFH 30885 Films for the Humanities |
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