Whose Death Is It Anyway? emphasizes the importance of personal involvement in decisions about one's care at the end of life.  Highlighting the types of treatment many people receive, it realistically explores the difficulties surrounding end-of-life decision making through five documentary segments that feature families sharing their own discussions and experiences.

End-of-life issues have recently come to the forefront of public debate. The battle over end-of life wishes raises many ethical and practical questions about patients' legal rights, family conflict about end-of-life decisions, and the importance of advance directives.  Whose Death Is It Anyway? explores all of these issues through informed and emotional discussion from a variety of viewpoints, helping to clarify this confusing and difficult topic.

Whose Death Is It Anyway? features a studio audience, hosted by Dr. Nancy Snyderman, that includes people who have dealt with difficult end-of-life treatment issues—physicians, lawyers, nurses, social workers and members of the clergy.  Betty Rollin introduces profiles of real families in the midst of difficult decisions.  The program's goal is to increase and improve discussion among patients, families and health care providers and to help people ensure that their wishes are heard and honored.

Individuals may wish to use the video to initiate discussions among friends, colleagues and family members. Group leaders can show the entire video before starting a discussion or use each segment as a topic of discussion.

The Program Examines:

• Patients' Legal Rights
• Family Conflicts About End-of-Life Decisions
• Advance Directives
• Palliative (Comfort) Care
• Dying at Home, in Hospital, or with Hospice Care

The program has won the following awards: The MerCOMM Galaxy Award; Best Video at the Association for Death Education and Counseling Video Film Festival

For more information, please view the Whose Death is it Anyway? Website.

Whose Death is it Anyway? is available for broadcast and educational purposes also.  If interested, please contact Longtail Distribution Network at support@longtailnet.com.