
Near Death (1989)
358 min
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.
- Data de estreia
- 7 de outubro de 1989
- País de origem
- Estados Unidos
Equipe
- Frederick Wiseman · Diretor(a)
- Frederick Wiseman · Produtor(a)
- John Davey · Diretor(a) de fotografia
- Lyn Gaza · Diretor(a) de fotografia
- Ollie Hallowell · Diretor(a) de fotografia
- Frederick Wiseman · Editor(a)