We Need to Talk About Death
BBC2 England
We Need to Talk About Death - 2019
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 doctorsÂ’ 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
Audiovidual Materials and Media
Videos
We Need to Talk About Death - 2019
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 doctorsÂ’ 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
Audiovidual Materials and Media
Videos