Being mortal
by
 
Gawande, Atul, interviewer, screenwriter.

Title
Being mortal

Author
Gawande, Atul, interviewer, screenwriter.
 
Jennings, Thomas, television producer, television director, screenwriter.
 
Mucciolo, Lauren, television producer.
 
Pahuja, Nisha, television director.
 
Lyman, Will, 1948- narrator.
 
2over10 Media, production company.
 
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), production company.
 
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher.
 
PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.

Series
Frontline.

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.

General Note
"Reexamine death and dying with surgeon and bestselling author Atul Gawande"--Cover.
 
Documentary.
 
"Frontline is a production of WGBH Boston."

Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Genre
Nonfiction television programs.
 
Documentary television programs.
 
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
 
Nonfiction films.

Subject Term
Terminally ill -- Care.
 
Death.
 
Physician and patient.

Author(s)
Gawande, Atul,
 
Jennings, Thomas,
 
Mucciolo, Lauren,
 
Pahuja, Nisha,
 
Lyman, Will, 1948-

Added Corporate Author
2over10 Media,
 
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.),
 
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),
 
PBS Distribution (Firm),

Publisher
PBS,
 
Distributed by PBS Distribution,

Electronic Access
View cover art

Publication Date
2015

ISBN
9781627893022

Publication Information
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2015]
 
[Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2015]

Call Number
DVD 362.17 BEING


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