Near Death (1989)
A film about the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital. The film is concerned with how people face death. More specifically the film presents the complex interrelationships among patients, families, doctors, nurses, hospital staff and religious advisors as they confront the personal, ethical, medical, psychological, religious and legal issues involved in making decisions about whether or not to give life-sustaining treatment to dying patients.
Director: Frederick Wiseman
| Directing | Frederick Wiseman | Director |
| Production | Frederick Wiseman | Producer |
| Camera | John Davey | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Lyn Gaza | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Ollie Hallowell | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Frederick Wiseman | Editor |
| Editing | Victoria Garvin Davis | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Richard Gliklich | Production Assistant |
| Production | Nancy Simonian | Production Assistant |
