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Winner of 9 major awards including use of film for social change, journalistic excellence and viewer impact. The film that inspired the Wisconsin Medical Society to launch "Honoring Choices Wisconsin", a statewide, collaborative advance care planning initiative. Motivated by their personal experiences with loss, two long-time friends - one a hospice worker and the other a State Teacher of the Year - present a powerful and inspiring film on the American struggle with communication and preparation at the end-of-life. Consider the Conversation examines multiple perspectives on end-of-life care and includes interviews with patients, family members, doctors, nurses, clergy, social workers and national experts from around the country. The film's goal is to jump-start the conversation between patient and doctor, husband and wife, parent and child, minister and parishioner. This is not a story about death; it's a film about living life to its fullest up to the very end. Featuring: Ira Byock, MD; James Cleary, MD; Stephen P. Kiernan; Elliott Fisher, MD, MPH; Bernard "Bud" Hammes, PhD; Martin Welsh, MD; Susan Dolan, RN, JD; Doug Smith; Loretta Downs; Rev. Jacqueline Cameron, MDiv, MD; Bruce C. Wilson, MD; Peter J. Kaldhusdal; Kay Wipperfurth, RN; Audrey R. Vizzard, RN, EdD; James Milford, MD; Catherine Labinski; Daniel Klein; Gregory Gehred, MD; Dee Bennett, RN; Jung Kwak, PhD; and Rev. Dale Susan Edmonds. This DVD comes with limited non-theatric public performance rights. It is for educational use in front of a non-paying audience only. Any exception to the "non-paying audience" clause of the accompanying license requires permission from Burning Hay Wagon Productions, LLC (BHWP).
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #106908 in DVD
- Published on: 2011
- Formats: NTSC, Color
- Running time: 60 minutes
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- This DVD is for educational use only in front of a non-paying audience.
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44 of 44 people found the following review helpful.
By Alan Sitomer
So I just watched a 60 minute documentary which left me weeping (in that good way) as well as re-evaluating every aspect of the manner in which I spend the currency of my life. That currency being time, not money.
I genuinely believe that every person over the age of 40 years old in America needs to see this piece. Why 40? Just my own instinct. Could you be 39 or 33 or 22? Yep.
Simply put, a HUGE THUMBS UP for CONSIDER THE CONVERSATION!
By now, if you hear that little voice inside your head right now saying, "Hmm, I wonder if I should check it out?" The answer is yes.
Be prepared to be terrified, illuminated, profoundly moved, confronted and warmly hugged all within an hour. Just knocked me off my feet!
The filmmaker is a teacher. A Teacher of the Year award winner in fact, class of 2007 from Wisconsin, and he's quite the remarkable guy. 6'5" former basketball player who now teaches 4th grade. Just seeing pics of him with the kids is enough to make you smile.
But he is beloved, he is phenomenally well-read and he's got a heart as big as any hunk of cheese in his state.
He also learned that he closest brother had terminal cancer the same day that HE met the President of the United States in the Oval Office of the White House.
Just remarkable. And that set him off on a journey exploring how we die (in lieu of the way modern medicine can keep us almost unnaturally alive in this day and age).
And how we die gets the ball rolling on where we'd like to die. And that gets the ball rolling on how we are truly one of the first generations to be so disconnected from death.
I mean we view death as a failure, as if it's a shortcoming of some sort instead of a natural part of life. And when you "consider the conversation" (great title, huh?), you can't help but reflect on how you are actually living.
What's important to you? Like truly important. Family. Work. Community. Spirituality. Meaning.
Probably, just hearing the subject matter makes you want to say, "Nah, thanks." But the piece is so tastefully done, so thoughtful in its manner and so insightful in its selection of people who appear throughout that I can promise it's gonna break through the ice of even the most emotionally frozen of us.
Trust me on this. How are you going to live? Like right now? Like going forward? What do you want to experience, who do you wish to be with, what do you hope to tackle and what is it time to let go of?
Amazing stuff is raised here and once your soul gets stirred like this, you WAKE!
I could not give it a higher endorsement.
22 of 22 people found the following review helpful.
By kkwapil
This is a definite must-see for people in healthcare who encounter decisions regarding treatment and death on a daily basis. More importantly, it is a must-see for ALL people in general. This movie opens the door for families and individuals to think about what they want out of their life and decisions that will be made as the end of life approaches. the film is presented in a way that combines personal stories with interviews and opinions of experts in the field of palliative and hospice care. It is beautifuly done and engages the audience from beginning to end. I saw the film at the premire and was blown away. It was both moving and informative. It challenged the "norms" we have regarding death both from a medical perspective and as a society in general. Buy this film. Watch it. Show it to your family, and continue the conversation.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
By Marguerite Izzo
This documentary is one that everyone in America should see. It opened my eyes about the need for more honest conversations about end of life care. I am often distracted during documentaries, but this movie held my attention from the moment it began until the last frame. It made me consider a topic I have been avoiding. We all owe it to our parents, and to our children, to have these important conversations.This video should be shown as part of high school and college curriculums to prepare our youth for the decisions they will eventually face.
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