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Near Death (1989)
Directed by Frederick Wiseman
Documentary · 5h 58m
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.
Crew
- Director
- Frederick Wiseman
- Director of Photography
- John Davey, Lyn Gaza, Ollie Hallowell
- Editor
- Frederick Wiseman
- Producer
- Frederick Wiseman
Details
- Release date
- 1989-10-07
- Runtime
- 5h 58m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Exit Films Inc.