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Edge of Life

Type: TV - Series or strand
Released: 2004
Length: 180 min.
Directed by: James van der Pool
Directed by: Page Shepherd

Crew

Producer James van der Pool

Producer Page Shepherd

Producer Sophie Robinson

Editor Adam Finch

Editor Darren Jonusas

Production Company BBC

Full credits (Main credits only)

Themes

Status

  • Broadcast within UK

Synopsis:

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A unique insight into the dramatic life and death dilemmas faced by doctors and patients. Filming over a period of 12 months, the three-part series reveals a number of moving stories that raise strong ethical questions.

1. Who Should Get The Transplant? - 3 patients require liver transplants. Who has the right to a new one?
2. To Change My Child's Face? - parents of children with facial disfigurements and disorders face the choice of whether surgery is worth the risk.
3. Is This Baby's Life Worth Living? - the agonising decision of whether to save the life of extremely premature babies.
Synopsis:
A unique insight into the dramatic life and death dilemmas faced by doctors and patients. Filming over a period of 12 months, the three-part series reveals a number of moving stories that raise strong ethical questions.

1. Who Should Get The Transplant? - 3 patients require liver transplants. Who has the right to a new one?
2. To Change My Child's Face? - parents of children with facial disfigurements and disorders face the choice of whether surgery is worth the risk.
3. Is This Baby's Life Worth Living? - the agonising decision of whether to save the life of extremely premature babies.
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