Get a Sneak Peek PBS's Frontline documentary, Facing Death, before it airs in late November
In Facing Death PBS's Frontline examines "the realities of today's modern, medicalized death" in the ICU of The Mount Sinai Medical Center.
In Facing Death, FRONTLINE gains extraordinary access to The Mount Sinai Medical Center, taking a closer measure of today's complicated end-of-life decisions.
The film allows you to listen to doctors, patients and families speak candidly about the difficult choices they face at the end of life.
Scott Lorin, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Acting Division Chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, was interviewed for the documentary. He commented on the sensitivity in using the words "die" or "death." He said, "when it's unclear what's going to happen to the patient, we teach our residents to tell the families that the patient "may die," not to use terms like "may not survive the hospitalization," ... but actually [use] the term death, because what we need to do is prepare the family what may be an eventuality."
Facing Death is receiving great praise and should not be missed. View the full documentary before it airs on PBS on November 23rd.
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Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with 48,000 employees working across seven hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 600 research and clinical labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time—discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it.
Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians and 11 free-standing joint-venture centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida. Hospitals within the System are consistently ranked by Newsweek’s® “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals, Best in State Hospitals, World Best Hospitals and Best Specialty Hospitals” and by U.S. News & World Report's® “Best Hospitals” and “Best Children’s Hospitals.” The Mount Sinai Hospital is on the U.S. News & World Report® “Best Hospitals” Honor Roll for 2024-2025.
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