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Bill Moyers examines the growing recognition and acknowledgement of death as life's ultimate rite of passage rather than the shameful secret that no one ever talked about. Using interviews and research from many ethnic and cultural sources, viewers are presented with the intimate experiences of patients, families, and caregivers as they struggle to infuse the process of dying with compassion and comfort.

The series consists of four programs. Each program is 87 minutes...

LIVING WITH DYING - Death, which sooner or later comes to all, is treated as a strangely taboo subject in North America. Veteran PBS journalist Bill Moyers describes the search for new ways of thinking and talking about dying.

A DIFFERENT KIND OF CARE - At the end of life, what many people want is physical and spiritual comfort in a home setting. This program presents the important strides being made in the area of palliative care at pioneering institutions.

A DEATH OF ONE'S OWN - More and more people are looking for opportunities to exert some measure of control over where and how they die. Bill Moyers unravels the complexities underlying the many choices at the end of life.

A TIME TO CHANGE - Introduces crusading medical professionals, including staff members of the Balm of Gilead Project in Birmingham, Alabama, who have dedicated themselves to improving end-of-life care by changing an overburdened health system.