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.
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