Between Life and Death - on BBC One

On Tuesday, BBC One will broadcast, "Between Life and Death," a provocative documentary following doctors who can now interrupt, and even reverse, the process of death. 

Filmed over six months in the UK's leading brain injury unit (Addenbooke's Hospital, Cambridge), it follows the journey of a man who, by only moving his eyes, is eventually asked if he wants to live or die. Two other families are also plunged into the most ethically difficult decision in modern medicine.

Notably, the Telegraph reports, this week, that Prof. Menon considers "neurointensive care is not just about survival, it's about the quality of survival."  His aim is not to add to those warehoused in nursing homes for years in a permanent vegetative state.