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Rated 7.3 on TMDB

Near Death

At the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital, people face death. Sequences highlight 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.

Released: 1989
Runtime: 5h 58m
Genres: Documentary
Country: United States of America
Language: English

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Frederick WisemanDirector

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