Palliative Care Video List - Pain Resource Center

with compassion and comfort. Living with Dying 87 minutes This video describes the search for newways of thinking about dying. (CB-313) A Different Kind of Care 87 minutes In this video theimportant strides being made in the area of hospice and palliative care are presented. (CB-314) A Deathof One’s Own 87 minutes This video explores complex choices at the end of life, including the bitterdebate over physician-assisted suicide (CB-315). A Time to Change 87 minutes This film introducesprofessionals who seek to improve end-of-life care by changing our overburdened health system (CB-316) Fanlight Productions Series # CB-908 Series $300; individual videos $126On the Edge of Being An intimate view of six physicians who have personally, or in their immediatefamilies, confronted cancer. Cerenex Pharmaceuticals • Division of Glasso Inc. • Research TrianglePark, NC 27709 • (800) 824-2896On Wings of Song – Music Therapy at the End of Life 43 minutes Featuring Deborah Salmon’s work (amusic therapist with the terminally ill since 1984) in the Palliative Care Unit of the Royal VictoriaHospital, On Wings of Song shows how a skilled music therapist may help a diverse group of patientsfind spiritual and emotional nourishment during their last days. By calling upon the knowledge of awide range of musical instruments and styles, a music therapist is able to forge a strong emotionalconnection with a patient. One tired, elderly patient is awakened from her lethargy and surprises us withthe vigor of her song. A younger woman finds pleasure in improvising lyrics to a familiar tune. Adultchildren gather at their mother'’ bedside to sing favorite hymns. This poignant and inspiring filmcaptures moments of humor, celebration and joy made possible through music. Filmakers LibraryVideo $295, Rental $75Once Upon a Loss: A New Look at Cinderella 49 minutes This compelling documentary is about loss,despair, and remembering. It interweaves three themes. First, stories of four remarkable women wholost their mothers when they were young. Second, an off-screen retelling of the original GrimmBrothers’ tale of Cinderella, and lastly, weaving it all together is a new interpretation of Cinderella (byKathrin Asper) as a parable of emotional abandonment, grief, and an individual’s search for selfidentityand self-esteem. http://www.onceuponaloss.com/Oncology Nursing Focus This series of six videos was filmed at major cancer centers and addressestopics such as coping skills for caregivers, end-of-life decisions, fatigue in patients with cancer,rehabilitation and survivorship, and cancer risk assessment and screening. Oncology Nursing Society&Oncology Nursing Press, Inc. Video $750 set, $125 EachOne Brief Life: The Baby L Case 40 minutes During her eight weeks of life, Leaney Lavea—bornprematurely and with medically insurmountable abnormalities—was dependent on machines to live.But were these machines prolonging her life, or were they merely delaying her death? This deeplymoving program explores the ethical dilemma surrounding a case that began in a hospital and ended upin court. Interviews the Baby L’s parents, the attending physician, the Laveas’ legal counsel, and otherstrace the course of the battle between the parents and the hospital to assert their rights to do what theyeach believed was morally correct. Films for the Humanities & Sciences #DAK9183 Video $129,Rental $75One in Nine 45 minutes This is an inspiring documentary about nine breast cancer survivors fromacross the country who came together to train and race in the prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta inBoston. Over a period of just five days, the women learn to pull together for themselves and for eachother. The race is a metaphor to show the world how they continue to fight the battle against theirVideo list Page 47 of 68Rev 09