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Being Mortal
来处是归途
2022 · Film · 98 min
Directed by Liu Ze
Xiatian returns to her hometown to work in order to take care of her father who suffers from Alzheimer’s. She has hoped to bring comfort to her parents, yet all she can do is wait.
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I agree with your take. Very long story, while my family doesn't talk about feelings, we're pretty good at talking about end of life.
Separately, some years ago spent a good amount of time listening to what Atul Gawande thought about medicine and doctors and dying. He wrote Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End and there's a Frontline documentary (Being Mortal) about his experience and his book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQhI3Jb7vMg. I've not yet read the book.
The Right To Die is an often ignored but important law for the exact reasons you listed. It's something you don't think you need until you absolutely do need it.
These Frontline Documentaries are very explanatory for those who want to know more :
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/suicide-plan/
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/suicidetourist/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/facing-death/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/being-mortal/
Atul Gawande, who's written extensively on end of life issues, had an excellent one hour Frontline special that covered the same topic. I highly recommend watching it if you're interested at all in how terminal illness and dying are handled in the United States today: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/being-mortal/
>"should really read Atul Gawandes Being Mortal."
PBS Frontline (which consistently produces awesome journalism) recently did a documentary based on this book:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/being-mortal/