Abstract
This program explores a variety of life-and-death situations to illustrate the spectrum of highly controversial ethical decisions made on a daily basis in modern American medicine. Hosted by ABC News medical correspondent George Strait, and featuring noted authorities such as health-care economist Uwe Reinhardt, the program takes an in-depth look at the decisions that underlie the use of health-care dollars. When is life support provided and stopped? Who gets the transplants, the best technology and treatments? Who lives longer and who does not? The program features five segments that portray choices concerning prolonged life support, the painful struggle of extremely premature babies, the allocation of organ transplants, the crises that accompany the inaccessibility of health insurance, and the often thwarted desire to die with dignity.
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Subject
Contributors
Pfister, Wally (Videographer), Kolor, Elliot Su (Composer), Bailes, Daniel (Editor), Slatkins, Carol (Editor), Strait, George (Host), Ferguson, Sharon (Producer), Camp, Joseph (Director), Bailes, Daniel (Writer), Ferguson, Sharon (Writer), Bieber, Jeff (Writer), Bieber, Jeff (Producer), Klein, Larry (Executive roducer), Mercury Productions (Producer), WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.) (Producer), Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Publisher)
Duration
01:56:47 (HH:MM:SS)
Language:
English
Target or Intended Audience
adult/continuing education, higher education
Copyright Holder
| Name | Films Media Group (Firm) |
| Role | publisher |
| Telephone | 800-257-5126 |
| Address | 200 Metro Blvd., Suite 124, Hamilton, NJ 08619 |
| [email protected] |
Copyright Date
1996-01-01
Rights Declaration:
This video is protected by copyright. You are free to view it but not download or remix it. Please contact the licensing institution for further information about how you may use this video.
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