(Near Death)

Content: 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.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

358 minutes

Year:

1989

Directors:

Frederick Wiseman

Production companies:

Exit Films Inc.

Actors:

Crews:

Director of Photography

Editor

Assistant Editor

Production Assistant

Producer