Bill Moyers: On Our Own Terms

Educational documentary on care of the dying
This is SO relevant to caregivers, Baby Boomers, aging seniors, and family members of a terminally ill person. Oh yes, and a MUST SEE for every medical care giver from doctors to employees washing linens. Finally an HONEST look at the unspoken segment of life we call death. Death and breathing are things all people have in common, and now the terms of death's door are discussed through the eyes of caregivers and the dying themselves. Powerful. Honest. Provocative. Yet presented gently. It's a WOW experience.

My credentials include death escapes from 2 heart attacks and 3 `iffy' liver surgeries. I've experienced hospice care through a mother and a mother-in-law. I've experienced 4 family hospital deaths. I've experienced parents in short and longer-term nursing home care. This series is right on. It might shake you out of ignorance of the death process, or it might fine-tune your understanding of what the patient's experience might be. YOU WILL NOT LEAVE THIS DVD EXPERIENCE...

A splendid two DVD set
Moyer's is wonderful in this film. He illuminates the many conflicting forces associated with holding on and letting go of life. It is particularly instructive that some people who declare that they don't want to live beyond a certain point change their minds. The drive to survive is powerful voice.

The best film on death and dying that I have EVER found.
How is it, that it took thirteen years after Moyers made this documentary, that I finally found it?! I read about it in a book I just bought, and ran over to my computer to order it.
Since it came, I have steadily, and thoughtfully watched the whole four films FOUR times! It is deeply moving and full of bare truth. So refreshing!
You see, I became the mother to 26 children over the past 43 years. I adopted as a single mother, and 19 of my children have handicaps. 7 of those children had terminal illnesses, and one by one, they have gone on to be with the Lord. I will meet them again there some day.
So many people in the medical field tip-toe around issues of ethics, and of dying. It is a great comfort to me to hear honesty, and reality spoken freely. Mr. Moyers, you did a magnificent job making this. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I also thank everyone else who is on this film.

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