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Before I Die

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Companion site to the PBS special on the medical, ethical, and social issues surrounding end-of-life care in America.


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Title: Before I Die: Home Page
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Thirteen / WNET, presents BEFORE I DIE, the online component to the PBS program BEFORE I DIE: MEDICAL CARE & PERSONAL CHOICES. The program explores the medical, ethical, and social issues surrounding end-of-life care in America today. The Web companion piece features original reporting by health writer Janet Firshein. Read real life stories about people who have faced these personal decisions, and learn more about the issues. Read opinions, join the ongoing discussion in our bulletin board, explore resources, and read the transcript of the program.

Category: Ethics - Medicine - Health - Doctor - Patient - Aging - Death - Physician - Clergy - Nurse - Bioethics - Dying - Medicaid - Health Care - Hospice - Palliative Care - Medicare - End Of Life - Physician Assisted Suicide - Caregiving - End-of-life Care - Comfort Care - Medical Schools - Assisted Suicide - Living Will - Medical Ethics - Caregiver - Pain Control - Advance Directive - Icu - Chronic Care - Physician-assisted Suicide - Planned Death - Health Care Proxy - Medical Power Of Attorney - Medical Training - Janet Firshein


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