Near Death
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.
Crew
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Frederick Wiseman
Editor
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Frederick Wiseman
Producer
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Frederick Wiseman
Director
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John Davey
Director of Photography
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Lyn Gaza
Director of Photography
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Richard Gliklich
Production Assistant
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Nancy Simonian
Production Assistant
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Ollie Hallowell
Director of Photography
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Victoria Garvin Davi…
Assistant Editor
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