A Fate Worse than Death?
By Lori Hope
KGW-Television

This film along with a companion film is available on one DVD here.

This engrossing documentary follows several families who must decide whether to withdraw artificial life support from a loved one in a coma or vegetative state. Relatives, doctors, nurses, attorneys and ethicists comment on the complex moral and legal dilemmas such tragedies pose for families, for health providers, and for society as a whole.

50 minutes
© 1990
Purchase $149 VHS
Order No. QA-076
ISBN (VHS) 1-57295-076-5

Reviews
"An absorbing and persuasive program." Media Profiles

Awards & Conference Screenings
Service Award, Sigma Delta Chi
Journalism Award, College of
Health Care Administrators
Regional EMMY winner

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