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Brief Lives

The death of a child is often the most difficult of all deaths to accept. This series explores how families cope with the death of children and young people, each program focusing on a different kind of death and offering the experiences of family, friends, and support professionals with this almost taboo subject. 7-part series.



 
                

Item#: BVL3333




The Series Includes : An Anorexic's Tale: The Brief Life of Catherine | Accidents Do Happen | Thread of Uncertainty | Cheryl, Dying of Cancer | A Life Sentence | Suicide: Facing the Loss of a Child | Parents of an Anorexic: The Story Behind Catherine
     
DVD $829.65


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The End: Families Facing Death
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This program examines terminal illness through the darkly fascinating lens of family dynamics. The loved ones of five different hospice patients document their experiences, creating video diaries that are part case study, part family album. With inte...(more details)
 
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The Right to Die: Terri Schiavo
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Her feeding tube removed, Terri Schiavo has passed away. Medically speaking, was she in a persistent vegetative state or a locked-in state? On that question hung Terri's fate for more than a decade. Was she alive in a meaningful sense? Her husband sa...(more details)
 
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Managing Care, Managing Death
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To decrease the suffering of terminally ill patients, some doctors routinely prescribe strong painkillers-medications that, in effect, actually hasten the patient's death. What distinguishes such treatment from physician-assisted suicide? This progra...(more details)
 
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Childhood: When Hospital Is Home

Children's Memorial is committed to treating the whole child, and quality-of-life is a major concern. But is it possible for kids to have a "normal" childhood and also cope with a serious illness? This program shows how children and teens at the Falk...(more details)
 
DVD $169.95
Medical Decisions: A Child's Life in the Balance

When a child's organs start to fail, a transplant is usually the best option-but not always. In this program, specialists at Children's Memorial, home of the renowned Siragusa Transplantation Center, present the difficult case of an 11-year-old boy. ...(more details)
 
DVD $169.95


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