Near Death
6.7
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1989-10-07
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Documentary
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.
Featured Crew
| John Davey | Director of Photography |
| Frederick Wiseman | Producer |
| Frederick Wiseman | Editor |
| Victoria Garvin Davis | Assistant Editor |
| Frederick Wiseman | Director |
| Lyn Gaza | Director of Photography |
| Ollie Hallowell | Director of Photography |
| Nancy Simonian | Production Assistant |
| Richard Gliklich | Production Assistant |
