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Death is Un-American:  The Lives of Hospice Workers

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Producer(s)Natasha Bayus, Wendy Roderweiss
Director(s)Wendy Roderweiss
Release Date1999
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Runtime120 min
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Ordinarily, nurses are expected to help their patients get better; the nurses at Wells House Hospice come to work each day to help their patients die.  The stated mission of hospice is to keep terminally ill patients out of pain and allow them to die with dignity.  Along the way, the staff at Wells House becomes something more than nurses.  They become therapists, entertainers, disciplinarians and - most importantly - family. 

Death is Un-American: The Lives of Hospice Workers takes an intimate look at one of only a handful of stand-alone hospices in the country.  Captured through the eyes of three very candid subjects – Judith, Curtis and Cindy – the film provides a rare behind-the-scenes perspective into the day-to-day realities of devoting one’s life to help ease patients to the end of their own.

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