Consider the Conversation: A Documentary on a Taboo Subject is a film that is now in limited release. It examines multiple perspectives on end-of-life care and includes information and experiences gathered from interviews with patients, family members, doctors, nurses, clergy, social workers, and national experts on death and dying. The film sheds light on a natural life event that many avoid. Throughout the film there are intimate accounts of the emotional, spiritual, physical and financial burdens associated with the historical shift that has occurred with dying. Among the national experts interviewed or consulted:
- Ira Byock, M.D., Director of Palliative Medicine at
- Elliott Fisher, M.D., head of the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
- Stephen Kiernan, author of Last Rights: Rescuing the End-of-Life from the Medical System
- Bernard "Bud" Hammes, Ph.D., Clinical Ethicist, Gundersen Lutheran Health System
- Susan Dolan and Audrey Vizzard, co-authors of The End-of-Life Advisor: Personal, Legal, and Medical Considerations for a Peaceful, Dignified Death
- Doug C. Smith, author of Caregiving: Hospice-Proven Techniques for Healing Body and Soul
- James Cleary, M.D., Director of Palliative Medicine at the University of
- Anne Moore, author of Harry and Louise Must Die: We Could Save Billions in Healthcare if We Could Accept Death and Say Goodbye Outside the Hospital
- Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein, authors of Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates
- Loretta S. Downs, President,
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