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LIFE Before Death - The Global Crisis of Untreated Pain

Contributor(s): Publisher number: 1231440 | KanopyPublisher: Moonshine Agency, 2012Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2016Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (82 minutes): digital, .flv file, soundContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Online resources: Summary: LIFE Before Death is a multi-award winning social action documentary film series about the global crisis in untreated pain and the dramatic life-changing effects pain treatment and palliative care services can deliver to patients and their families.. The film asks the fundamental question underpinning our mortality: How will you die?. This beautifully filmed journey takes us to 11 countries as we follow the remarkable health professionals battling the sweeping epidemic of pain that threatens to condemn one in every ten of us to an agonizing and shameful death. Through the eyes of patients and their families we discover the inherent humanity that empowers the best of us to care for those beyond cure.. This is an intimate, hopeful and life-affirming story of living well and dying better, advocating for making the most of every moment in our life before death.. Filmed in USA, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, Singapore, Georgia, Hong Kong, China, Uganda and India..
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LIFE Before Death is a multi-award winning social action documentary film series about the global crisis in untreated pain and the dramatic life-changing effects pain treatment and palliative care services can deliver to patients and their families.. The film asks the fundamental question underpinning our mortality: How will you die?. This beautifully filmed journey takes us to 11 countries as we follow the remarkable health professionals battling the sweeping epidemic of pain that threatens to condemn one in every ten of us to an agonizing and shameful death. Through the eyes of patients and their families we discover the inherent humanity that empowers the best of us to care for those beyond cure.. This is an intimate, hopeful and life-affirming story of living well and dying better, advocating for making the most of every moment in our life before death.. Filmed in USA, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, Singapore, Georgia, Hong Kong, China, Uganda and India..

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