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Parents and Post Mortems (2002)
(2002)
"This film has been made by parents who have experienced the loss of a child, with the expert help of pathologists." "A post mortem examination is a specialist investigation to find out why your baby or child died. it is ...
Difficult Decisions: When a Loved One Approaches Death (2000)
(2000)
"When a loved one's fate lies in another's hands, the decisions can be overwhelming. This program, hosted by NewsHour's Ray Suarez, follows two families as they grapple with life-and- death decisions inside an ICU. A ...
Sacred Soil
(2008)
In Guatemala the Forensic Anthropology Foundation (FAF) exhumes 1,000 bodies a year in an attempt to identify the remains of decades-old victims of army massacres. SACRED SOIL interviews relatives of the deceased and the ...
Solitârio Anônimo (2007)
(2007)
"An elderly man lying on the grass waiting to die. In his pocket, a message announced that he was from a distant land. He had no documents or any possessions. His desire was to die alone and anonymous. This is the beginning ...
The Final Solution (2001)
(2001)
"It was perhaps the most horrifying crime ever committeed against humanity--the systematic extermination of millions of Jews in German death camps during World War II. Now, in The Final Solution, the producers of the ...
What Matters to Families: Speaking the Same Language (2003)
(2003)
"Dean and Inez Davis, guardians of nine grandchildren, recount their experience with their granddaughter, Sherquanda, who was diangosed with a brain tumor from which she died at age 9. They discuss the centrality of trust, ...
The Ethics of Assisted Suicide: Michigan v. Kevorkian (2002)
(2002)
"He became known as 'the suicide doctor' and 'Dr. Death', and controversy followed him everywhere. Dr. Jack Kevorkian believed that terminally ill people had the right not only to die, but also to have the assistance of ...
A Right to Life or Death: Michigan v. Anderson (2002)
(2002)
"This case of convicted murderer Michael Anderson asks questions about two of the more important issues in the criminal justice system. First, should a person be given a new trial if it is shown that at the original trial ...
How to Have a Good Life and a Good Death (2003)
(2003-12-10)
"It seems almost flippant to describe it that way, but it is a subject that is still taboo in America. How we deal with the end of life is something that we could have a lot of control over but don't. Tonight Nightline ...