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On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Death and Dying, #1 “Living with Dying” (#18509)

Posted by on 30. Nov, 2011 in Death and Dying, Health and Health Care

Bill Moyers describes the search for new ways of thinking and talking about dying.  Forgoing the usual reluctance that most Americans show toward speaking about death, patients and medical professional alike come forward to examine the end of life with honesty, courage and even humor, demonstrating that dying can be an incredibly rich experience for both the terminally ill and their loved ones. (2000) – VHS VIDEO (88:00), DISCUSSION GUIDE.

On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Death and Dying, #2  “A Different Kind of Care” (#18510)

Posted by on 30. Nov, 2011 in Death and Dying, Health and Health Care

Bill Moyers presents the important strides being made in the area of palliative or “comfort” care at pioneering institutions such as New York’s Mt. Sinai Hopsital and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.  These advances are bringing peace to those who fear that they will be a burden to loved ones, will suffer needlessly, or will be abandoned in their hour of greatest need. (2000) – VHS VIDEO (87:00), DISCUSSION GUIDE.

On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Death and Dying, #3 “A Death of One’s Own” (#18511)

Posted by on 30. Nov, 2011 in Death and Dying, Health and Health Care

Bill Moyers unravels the complexities underlying the many choices at the end of life, including the bitter debate over physician-assisted suicide.  Three patients, their families and other doctors discuss some of the hardest decisions, including how to pay for care, what constitutes humane treatment, and how to balance dying and dignity.  In the end, do these patients die the way they wanted? (2000) – VHS VIDEO (87:00), DISCUSSION GUIDE.

On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Death and Dying, #4 “A Time to Change”  (#18512)

Posted by on 30. Nov, 2011 in Death and Dying, Health and Health Care

Bill Moyers introduces crusading medical professionals – including staff members of the Balm of Gilead Project in Birmingham, Alabama – who have dedicated themselves to improving end-of-life care by changing America’s overburdened health system. (2000) – VHS VIDEO (87:00), DISCUSSION GUIDE.