Facing Death (Frontline documentary aired November 23, 2010) is available to view on-line free of charge.

Filmed at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, this documentary takes a closer look at today's complicated end-of-life decisions. Doctors, patients and families speak with remarkable candor about the increasingly difficult choices people are making at the end of life: when to remove a breathing tube in the ICU; when to continue treatment for patients with aggressive blood cancers; when to perform a surgery; and when to call for hospice.

Viewed in five segments: The Way We Die, Extending Life...or Prolonging Death, The Great Uncertainty, Talking About the End of Life, Modern Medicine's Trade-off.
 

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/facing-death/

Descriptor of program:
“In Facing Death, FRONTLINE gains access to The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, to take a closer look at today's complicated end-of-life decisions. Doctors, patients and families speak with remarkable candor about the increasingly difficult choices people are making at the end of life: when to remove a breathing tube in the ICU; when to continue treatment for patients with aggressive blood cancers; when to perform a surgery; and when to call for hospice.”

Facing Death (Frontline documentary)
PBS Broadcast "Facing Death" - Available to view on-line