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Near Death 1989 Directed by Frederick Wiseman

NEAR DEATH is 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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gnere Documentary
Production Company Exit Films Inc.
Release Date 7 October 1989
358 mins