"Consider the Conversation" is a new documentary available to the public on DVD to help patients and their families talk with their physicians about end-of-life care.
This DVD release has occurred in tandem with a policy statement of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) that recommends physicians initiate candid discussions about palliative care and treatment options soon after a patient has been diagnosed with advanced cancer.
Producers Mike Bernhagen and Terry Kaldhusdal, motivated by their personal experiences with loss, joined forces to craft a film that would "shed light on the 21st century American struggle with communication and preparation at the end-of-life."
Viewers are privy to "intimate accounts of the emotional, spiritual, physical and social burdens associated with the historical shift that has occurred with dying. Forty years ago, most people experienced a quick death, but today we are more likely to suffer a slow, incremental dying process."
"'Consider the Conversation'" examines multiple perspectives on end-of-life care and includes information and experiences gathered from interviews with patients, family members, doctors, nurses, clergy, social workers, and national experts on death and dying."
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