

At the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital, people face death. Sequences highlight the complex interrelationships among patients, families, doctors, nurses, hospital staff and religious advisors as they confront the personal, ethical, medical, psychological, religious and legal issues involved in making decisions about whether or not to give life-sustaining treatment to dying patients.
You can stream Near Death on Kanopy.
Near Death was directed by Frederick Wiseman.
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Near Death runs for 5h 58min, and was released in 1989.
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