An award-winning film that captures people who are weighing what matters most at fragile junctures in life, and the nurses who guide them and help carry out their decisions. The documentary follows eight patients with life-threatening illnesses as they make choices about how they want to live, how much medical technology they can accept and how their hope evolves when life is threatened.
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Special | 56m 47s | A film that jump-starts critical conversations to define what makes life worth living. (56m 47s)
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Defining Hope is presented by your local public television station.
Distributed nationally by American Public Television