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Title:

A different kind of care [videorecording] / a production of Public Affairs Television, Inc. ; produced by Elena Mannes and Gail Pellett.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Films for the Humanities & Sciences,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Terminal Care--United States
Terminal care facilities.
Palliative Treatment.
Hospice care.
Death--United States--Psychological aspects.
Palliative Care--psychology.
Attitude to Death
Documentary videos.

Other Authors:

Moyers, Bill D.
Mannes, Elena.
Pellett, Gail.
Public Affairs Television (Firm)
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)

Other Titles:

On our own terms (Television program)

Notes:

Originally broadcast on television. Host, Bill Moyers.

Contents:

Introduction -- Palliative care -- Advanced directives -- Balancing care and cost -- The 5th vital sign -- Treating psychological pain -- Caring for the poor -- Care in nursing homes -- Leaving the patient in charge -- Understanding the end.

Summary:

At the end of life, what many Americans want is physical and spiritual comfort in a home setting. Bill Moyers presents the important strides being made in the area of palliative care at pioneering institutions such as New York's Mt. Sinai Medical Center 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.

Series:

Moyers collection on DVD

OCLC:

(OCoLC)62478838

Locations:

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)