On the Edge of Being: When Doctors Confront Cancer
An intimate view of six physicians and one nurse who have personally, or in their immediate families, confronted cancer. Four of the physicians have themselves had cancer, one is the husband of a physician who died of cancer, and the remaining doctor and nurse are the parents of a child who died of...
| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
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| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:12b3aad0-08db-4812-9d17-42a4acf60e7c |
| Summary: | An intimate view of six physicians and one nurse who have personally, or in their immediate families, confronted cancer. Four of the physicians have themselves had cancer, one is the husband of a physician who died of cancer, and the remaining doctor and nurse are the parents of a child who died of leukemia. Issues spoken on in the film include frequently deficient areas of medical care-giving: empathy, pain treatment, dealing with the dying, and sharing the burden of care. |
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