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The Next Step (1989)
(1989)
Actress Glenda Jackson examines the death penalty as a form of torture and a violation of human rights. News clips of deaths are shown.
And the Band Played on (1993)
(1993)
"From Randy Shilts' best seller comes a powerful, enlightening and moving chronicle of our times. In the summer of 1981, few knew of the deadly disease we now call AIDS. And the Band Played On follows the struggle of a ...
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 ...
To Hurt and to Heal (Two Parts) (1986)
(1986)
Ethical issues in neonatology and pediatrics are discussed presenting dilemmas faced by parents and health professionals in the care of very sick newborns. Part 1 contains an interview with the parents of a 13-week premature ...
The Ethical Question: Medical Education Kit. Individual Titles Include: The Ethical Question: Death & Dying; the Ethical Question: Economics and Health Care; the Ethical Question: Informed Consent; and the Ethical Question: Physician Assisted Suicide
(1992)
"The Ethical Question examines many of the critical ethical issues facing the medical profession and society today. Using actual cases and commentary by many of the nation's leading medical ethicists, each tape discusses ...
The Ethical Question: Death & Dying
(1992)
Topics covered in the CME study guide are: 1) Definitions and Distinctions of withholding/withdrawing life sustaining treatment, pallative treatment that may hasten death, euthanasia, and assisted suicide; 2) an ethical ...
Cocoon (1985)
(1985)
"An all-star cast of veteran actors including Don Ameche, Hume Cronyn, Jack Gilford, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy and Gwen Verdon, light up the screen in this smash hit about a group of senior citizens given a second ...
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 ...
End of Life Care (2000)
(2000)
"Today, advances in medicine come with as many questions as answers. Join Catholic medical ethicist Dr. Edmund Pellegrino, from Georgetown University Medical Center, who explains medical treatment options at the end of ...