Research Catalog

Title

The Vanishing line [videorecording] / a film by Maren R. Monsen, M.D.

Publication

[San Francisco, CA] : Maren Media ; New York, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, 1998.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Grainger-Monsen, Maren
• Brigham, Jim.
• Minze, Tex.
• Minze, Mary.
• James, Sean.
• Gotsworth, John.
• Guenther, Bill.
• Guenther, Jan.
• Angelesco, Anna Marie.
• Massoni, Maria.
• Soto, Phyllis.
• Crawford, Olivia.
• Monsen Media (Firm)
• First Run/Icarus Films.

Description

1 videocassette (52 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

Film follows physician/filmmaker Maren Monsen and hospice social worker Jim Brigham as they visit some of his terminally ill clients. All are laying the groundwork for their imminent deaths, negotiating in advance whether or not they want to be resuscitated, what comfort measures will be taken, and whether to go to a hospital or die at home. Brigham shares the story of his wife Cay's prolonged death from multiple sclerosis and explains how that experience affected the way he views the end of life. Physician Monsen explores how to meet the needs of the dying and their families and looks at the choices involved in treating what has no cure with the right balance of technology, compassion and care.

Subjects

• Life and death, Power over > Decision making
• Terminal care > Psychological aspects
• Bereavement
• Physician and patient > Psychological aspects
• Grief
• Death > Psychological aspects
• Tube feeding
• Volunteer workers in terminal care
• Hospice care
• Right to die > Decision making
• Terminally ill > Family relationships
• Medical technology > Decision making
• Brigham, Cay

Note

• Videocassette release of a film originally produced in 1997.

Credits (note)

• Producer/director, Maren R. Monsen ; writers, Olivia Crawford, Maren R. Monsen ; editors, Yasha Aginsky, Dawn Logsdon ; cinematographers, Donald Matthew Smith, Fawn Yacker, Wah Hom Chan ; music by Davka.

System Details (note)

• VHS.

Call Number

*UGS-1153

OCLC

39654153

Title

The Vanishing line [videorecording] / a film by Maren R. Monsen, M.D.

Imprint

[San Francisco, CA] : Maren Media ; New York, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, 1998.

System Details

VHS.

Credits

Producer/director, Maren R. Monsen ; writers, Olivia Crawford, Maren R. Monsen ; editors, Yasha Aginsky, Dawn Logsdon ; cinematographers, Donald Matthew Smith, Fawn Yacker, Wah Hom Chan ; music by Davka.

Performer

Social worker: Jim Brigham. Hospice patients: Jex and Mary Minze, Sean James, John Gotsworth, Bill & Jan Guenther, Anna Marie Angelesco, Maria Massoni, Phyllus Soto.

Added Author

Grainger-Monsen, Maren

Brigham, Jim.

Minze, Tex.

Minze, Mary.

James, Sean.

Gotsworth, John.

Guenther, Bill.

Guenther, Jan.

Angelesco, Anna Marie.

Massoni, Maria.

Soto, Phyllis.

Crawford, Olivia.

Monsen Media (Firm)

First Run/Icarus Films.

Research Call Number

*UGS-1153 [Video]