Synopsis
A film about the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital. The film is concerned with how people face death. More specifically the film presents 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.
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Festival History
- Berlin International Film Festival 1990 generic
- BFI London Film Festival 1990 generic
- Edinburgh International Film Festival 1990 generic
- New York Film Festival 1989 generic
Titles
| Original title | Near Death | |
| Alternate title | Au bord de la mort |
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
