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Bioethics
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This documentary examines one family burdened with a history of early onset Alzheimer's and captures their battle with the debilitating disease.The documentary also explores new treatments and preventive measures which may offer hope for future Alzheimer's patients. more »
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A psychiatrist produced this sensitive film on bereavement, showing four children aged three to eleven, who lost a family member through death. more »
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Across the globe, a major legal and scientific war raging over one simple question: should individuals and corporations be permitted to patent genes? more »
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In Beijing stands the only hospital in China devoted to giving the terminally ill a death with dignity. more »
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This memorable film asks who should decide on aggressive medical intervention for children. The parents or society? more »
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After Dax was blinded, disfigured, and burned during an explosion, doctors continued his painful treatments against the patient's will. This gripping documentary poses the ultimate bioethical dilemma: does a patient have the right to refuse treatment? more »
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What does one do when a terminally ill loved one asks for help in committing suicide? This thought provoking film describes the dilemmas of several people who had to make difficult choices. more »
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Dying is a profound and poignant portrait of three people dying at home with their loved ones. Their last days are shaped by who they are as human beings. more »
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If all of us would know that our last days would be spent surrounded by caring people in a humane environment, such as the one we see in this film at the Royal Victoria Hospital, then dying would be less terrifying. more »
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This film examines the legal, moral and ethical issues of euthanasia. Filmed mostly in Holland, the only country to permit euthanasia at the patrient's request. more »
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For more than twenty years, Lars Westman filmed his mother. The result is a unique record of life's inevitable passage, as well as a tender portrait of an aging mother. more »
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Many of the active, healthy elderly people in this film are organizing for the right to end their lives before they are overtaken by frailty, illness or dependence. more »
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This award-winning film is a journey across three continents telling the story of the up-and-coming baby production industry in the age of globalization. more »
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Divorced and living apart from her grown children, Elizabeth discovered she had incurable cancer. The film is about her loyal and loving friends and family who shared in her care and kept her company throughout this critical period. more »
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This documentary follows the journey of a doctor trying to balance his own enthusiasm for medical technology with an acceptance that, after a long and healthy life, it may be time to go. more »
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Through the personal experiences of three families, this documentary explores the ethical issues involved in sustaining the life of a severely brain damaged or comatose patient. more »
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The filmmaker was nine years old when her father shot himself. The film addresses the pain and guilt of the children and spouse left behind when a parent commits suicide. more »
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Who decides how life ends? The patient? The family? The physician? The health care system? Last Rights is a compelling, deeply personal exploration of four families and their terminally-ill loved ones as they begin to contemplate death. more »
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Mandy's husband, Josh, was in a motorcycle accident which left him in a seven day coma with death imminent. Mandy, desperate to preserve her tie to her beloved husband, asked that his sperm be harvested so that she could have his child. more »
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Focusing on the bioethical decisions involved in terminal care, this program asks whether a patient who is dying has a right to say, "I'd rather die now." more »
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This is a sensitive portrait of men who had each lost a dearly loved wife at an early age, through illness or sudden act of fate. An impressive film on male psychology as well as grief studies. more »
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This provocative film raises complex bioethical issues arising from fertility advances such as "in vitro" fertilization and the implantation of fertilized eggs. more »
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Five individuals describe their feelings of betrayal, rage, and alienation following the murder of a close family member. more »
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Birger Bergmann, a man living with ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease), is committed to helping other patients with the neurological disease consider their options and make the best possible medical and personal choices. more »
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The focus is on Deborah Salmon, a music therapist who helps terminally ill patients find spiritual and emotional nourishment during their last days. more »
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When Jim’s health begins deteriorating and his need for a kidney transplant remains unmet, he turns to the internet, where many donors abroad are eager to sell their organs. But once Jim arrives in Pakistan, he meets countless donors left with health problems and regret over their decision. more »
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A seventy-year-old professor sustains serious brain injury in an accident His family must decide whether to have him undergo risky surgery which could leave him in a vegetative state. more »
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The use of embryonic stem cells for medical research has unleashed passionate political controversy nationwide. The documentary explores both sides of the issue. more »
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This remarkable film follows seven people in Holland who have registered a request for euthanasia when they judge the time to be right to end their lives by dying with dignity and without pain. more »
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This moving documentary has generated widespread public debate over the bioethical issue of doctor-assisted suicide, illegal in North America. more »
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