Attitude to Death

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Living with dying -- BF789 .D4 O51 2000

"Death, which sooner or later comes to all, is treated as a strangely taboo subject in America. In this program, Bill Moyers describes the search for new ways of thinking--and talking--about dying. Forgoing the usual reluctance that most Americans show toward speaking about death, patients and medical professionals alike come forward to examine the end of life with honesty, courage, and even humo

Difficult decisions -- R726.8 .D54 2000

(Producer) Follows two families as they grapple with life-and-death decisions inside an ICU. A doctor, an ethicist, and others help these families through the process of making decisions on behalf of those who are no longer able to communicate their wishes.

Beyond life, beyond death -- R726.8 .B48 2000

(Producer) Explores how beliefs about an afterlife affect the way people live their lives and approach death. A Tibetan Buddhist scholar and a rabbi discuss concepts of heaven and reincarnation while presenting their different views of what they believe may lie beyond the mortal veil.

A different kind of care -- R726.8 .D44 2000

"At the end of life, what many Americans want is physical and spiritual comfort in a home setting. Bill Moyers presents the important strides being made in the area of palliative care at pioneering institutions such as New York's Mt. Sinai Hospital and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. These advances are bringing peace to those who fear that they will be a burden to loved ones, will suffer n