Living with Dying
- Synopsis
- Looks at what the hospice philosophy of ‘better care for the dying’ means in everyday life, showing the treatment of the terminally ill at the NHS Countess Mountbatten Hospice near Southampton. Staff aim to find a meeting point between care-giver, patient and family so that they can all come to grips with the pain suffered, both physically and emotionally. The overall emphasis is on allowing people to maintaim as normal a life as possible and to die without pain and with the maximum of dignity.
- Series
- Horizon, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Sweden
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.
- Year of production
- 1981
- Availability
- Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)
- Subjects
- Medical sciences
- Keywords
- hospices; terminal illness
Credits
- Director
- Britt Marie Sundberg
- Producer
- Lennart Sundberg
- Contributor
- Annis Barr
- Cast
Penelope Lee
Production Company
Distributor
- Name
BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
- Contact
- Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
- BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
- Web
- https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
- Address
- BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK - Notes
- The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’
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