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Frontline Episode 2.21 Better Off Dead?
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Frontline Episode 2.21 Better Off Dead?

Episode Premiere
November 20, 1984
Genre
Documentary
Production Company
GBH
Official Site
http://www.pbs.org/show/frontline/
Episode Premiere
November 20, 1984
Genre
Documentary
Period
1983 -
Production Co
GBH
Distributor
PBS
Official Site
http://www.pbs.org/show/frontline/
Main Cast
  • Will Lyman

Frontline goes inside the hospitals where every day doctors, lawyers, and parents face the agonizing choice: how far do we go with medical treatment for infants born so physically and mentally damaged that they have no hope of leading normal lives? Several intimate case histories are examined, as are the politics of recent legal decisions and government rules relating to the medical care for critically ill babies.