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Defining Hope

Year: 2017 Documentary Runtime: 77 min

Overview

We aren't dying the way we used to. We have ventilators, dialysis machines, ICUs-technologies that can "fix" us and keep our bodies alive-which have radically changed how we make medical decisions. In our death-denying culture, no matter how sick we get, there is always "hope." Defining Hope tells the story of patients dealing with life-threatening illness as they move between ICUs, operating rooms, hospice care and home. Diane is a nurse caring for end-stage cancer patients when she is diagnosed with ovarian cancer herself. 23-year-old Alena undergoes a risky brain surgery that destroys her short-term memory. 95-year-old Berthold lives with his elderly wife who struggles to honor his wish of dying peacefully at home. Defining Hope follows these patients and others- and the nurses that guide them along the way- as they face death, embrace hope, and ultimately redefine what makes life worth living.

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Rudolph Bilotti Sr.

Rudolph Bilotti Sr.

Self

Berthold Cohen

Berthold Cohen

Self

Charlotte Cohen

Charlotte Cohen

Self

Carmen Hernandez

Carmen Hernandez

Self

Deborah LaFond

Deborah LaFond

Self - Nurse

JoAnn Nayer-Grutza

JoAnn Nayer-Grutza

Self - Nurse

Gilbert Oakley

Gilbert Oakley

Self - Nurse

Diane Ryan

Diane Ryan

Self - Nurse

Barbara Stephenson

Barbara Stephenson

Self

Alena Sydnor

Alena Sydnor

Self

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