TY - JOUR
T1 - Near Death — In the Moment of Decision
AU - Wolf, Susan M.
PY - 1990/1/18
Y1 - 1990/1/18
N2 - ON January 21, public television stations across the country will air Near Death, a documentary on decisions about life-sustaining treatment. This six-hour film, the latest work of Frederick Wiseman, is an immersion in the daily life of the medical intensive care unit at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital. It performs a great service, revealing a reality many laypeople and doctors are sure to face. The film provides no overarching commentary, however, to put into perspective the practices it depicts. It falls to the viewer to deduce the strengths and weaknesses of those practices and to glean the lessons of Near Death.
AB - ON January 21, public television stations across the country will air Near Death, a documentary on decisions about life-sustaining treatment. This six-hour film, the latest work of Frederick Wiseman, is an immersion in the daily life of the medical intensive care unit at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital. It performs a great service, revealing a reality many laypeople and doctors are sure to face. The film provides no overarching commentary, however, to put into perspective the practices it depicts. It falls to the viewer to deduce the strengths and weaknesses of those practices and to glean the lessons of Near Death.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199001183220320
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199001183220320
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 2294447
AN - SCOPUS:0025709973
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 322
SP - 208
EP - 210
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 3
ER -