A television triumph about death and dying.

Abstract:

:Towers reviews Joan Robinson: One Woman's Story, an American documentary film about a terminal cancer patient that was first broadcast by the Public Broadcasting Service on 21 January 1980. The film was made at the instigation of Robinson, a writer and editor, and covers the last twenty-two months of her life from the diagnosis of incurable ovarian cancer to her graveside funeral service. Towers praises the film-makers for their empathetic and sensitive handling of a difficult subject, and recommends that the film be made available for teaching purposes.

journal_name

J Med Ethics

authors

Towers B

doi

10.1136/jme.6.2.101

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Has Abstract

pub_date

1980-06-01 00:00:00

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101-2

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2

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0306-6800

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1473-4257

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6

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