Between Life and Death

Between Life and Death

50 mins | Documentary | Aug. 30, 2010

Provocative documentary following the doctors who can now interrupt, and even reverse, the process of death. Filmed over six months in the country's leading brain injury unit (Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge), it follows the journey of a man who, by only moving his eyes, is eventually asked if he wants to live or die. Two other families are also plunged into the most ethically difficult decision in modern medicine.

Between Life and Death

50 mins | Documentary | Aug. 30, 2010

Between Life and Death
Provocative documentary following the doctors who can now interrupt, and even reverse, the process of death. Filmed over six months in the country's leading brain injury unit (Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge), it follows the journey of a man who, by only moving his eyes, is eventually asked if he wants to live or die. Two other families are also plunged into the most ethically difficult decision in modern medicine.
Producers
Original title Between Life and Death
Directors Nick Holt
Writers

Cast

Richard Lintern

as Narrator

David K. Menon

as Himself

Richard Rudd

as Himself