| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical stereo rda |
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NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Television program. |
| Note |
Documentary. |
| Performer |
Inteviewer, Atul Gawande ; narrator, Will Lyman. |
| Credits |
Original music, John E. Low. |
| Event |
Originally broadcast by PBS Feb. 10, 2015 as an episode of the television series: Frontline. |
| Note |
"Frontline is a production of WGBH Boston." |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation; stereo. |
| Summary |
Frontline teams up with writer and surgeon Atul Gawande to examine how doctors care for terminally ill patients. In conjunction with Gawande's new book, Being Mortal, the film explores the relationships between doctors and patients nearing the end of life, and shows how many doctors, including himself, struggle to talk honestly and openly. |
| Language |
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Subject |
Terminal Care.
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Physician-Patient Relations.
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Terminally ill -- Care.
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Death.
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Physician and patient.
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| Genre/Form |
Medical television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Documentary television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Gawande, Atul, interviewer, screenwriter.
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Jennings, Thomas, producer, director, screenwriter.
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Mucciolo, Lauren, television producer.
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Pahuja, Nisha, television director.
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2over10 Media, production company.
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WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), production company.
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Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher.
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PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.
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| Added Title |
Frontline (Television program)
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| ISBN |
9781627893022 |
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1627893024 |
| Standard No. |
841887024310 |
| Music No. |
FRL63306 PBS |
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