We Need to Talk About Death
Publication details: 2019Subject(s): Summary: 60 minutesSummary: Broadcast January 23rd 2019 : 21:00 - BBC2 EnglandSummary: Dr Kevin Fong makes a personal journey through the moral questions about death that face not just the medical profession, but each and every one of us. The question of how we die is a question that all of us must face, and yet we avoid talking about it. Modern medicine is focused on saving lives. Amazing technical advances have increased doctors ability to treat a wide range of life-threatening diseases, meaning many more people live longer lives. Life expectancy has surged, and we regard death as something to be battled. But in our attempts to defeat death, are we over-medicalising the final years of life at the expense of providing better palliative care and quality of life? Is it time to reset the system, and learn how to die a better death? Kevin meets medical professionals who are at the heart of these dilemmas, as well as people who are right now facing up to the question of how to die a better death| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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60 minutes
Broadcast January 23rd 2019 : 21:00 - BBC2 England
Dr Kevin Fong makes a personal journey through the moral questions about death that face not just the medical profession, but each and every one of us. The question of how we die is a question that all of us must face, and yet we avoid talking about it. Modern medicine is focused on saving lives. Amazing technical advances have increased doctors ability to treat a wide range of life-threatening diseases, meaning many more people live longer lives. Life expectancy has surged, and we regard death as something to be battled. But in our attempts to defeat death, are we over-medicalising the final years of life at the expense of providing better palliative care and quality of life? Is it time to reset the system, and learn how to die a better death? Kevin meets medical professionals who are at the heart of these dilemmas, as well as people who are right now facing up to the question of how to die a better death
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