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Doctors and End-of-Life Discussions

Many hospital patients who don't express their end-of-life wishes receive aggressive treatments that even their doctors say they wouldn't want for themselves. According to Dr. Phil Pizzo, dean emeritus of Stanford University School of Medicine, 80 to 95 percent of doctors say “they want to die outside the hospital. They want to die at home. They want to have their family around them."

Doctors and End-of-Life Discussions

8m 33s

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    Final Look Back

    25m 50s

    After 20 years of distinctive coverage of religion on mainstream television, this is the final episode of Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly. Correspondents Kim Lawton and Lucky Severson reflect on changing themes in religion over the past 20 years and memorable stories and interviews. Also, University of Virginia Professor Vanessa Ochs reflects on some of the rituals the series has spotlighted.

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    Looking Back

    25m 51s

    After 20 years of distinctive coverage of religion on mainstream television, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly is coming to an end. The series looks back at some of its most memorable reports and interviews. This week, longtime host Bob Abernethy and correspondents Fred de Sam Lazaro, Judy Valente and Tim O’Brien remember some of the many people of faith and religious leaders they have profiled.

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