Discussion 1

Why can chronic, advancing, and terminal illnesses be considered family illnesses? Please feel free to include any personal experiences that you have had with this topic.

Discussion 2

Please watch the PBS Frontline production entitled “Facing Death.” Then, in a short paper, discuss some of the issues involved in the end-of-life decision making that were portrayed within this video from the perspective of the terminally ill patients, their loved ones, and/or their caregivers. If you are able to, please describe how Kübler-Ross’s stages of grief were demonstrated within the various scenarios of the video