Last Chapter

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THE LAST CHAPTER examines the benefits of planning for end-of-life care through interviews with a diverse collection of subjects, including elderly hospice patients, parents of a child battling a rare metabolic bone disease, a young father of three suffering from liver and colon cancer, and even an unlikely hospice "survivor," a 45-year-old mother with congestive heart failure. Throughout, doctors from several Pittsburgh-area hospitals stress the importance of communication regarding end-of-life decision-making. These difficult, but necessary conversations can help patients navigate - and even dictate - their end-of-life scenarios. THE LAST CHAPTER also follows nurses, hospice-care providers and an interfaith chaplain who tend to the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of terminally ill patients.

Previously Aired

Day
Time
Channel
4/10/2014
8 p.m.
4/11/2014
2 a.m.
4/13/2014
4 p.m.
4/14/2014
3 a.m.
4/17/2014
2 p.m.
5/22/2014
6 p.m.
5/23/2014
7/12/2018
1 p.m.
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