New documentary explores families faced with terminal illness

You’re invited to a free screening and discussion of the PBS program “Being Mortal” on Friday, November 11, 2016, 1-4 pm at the beautiful University of Texas at El Paso Union Cinema at the UTEP Union Bldg. East, 500 University- Room 109. You will be part of a national dialog taking place in our community that asks “Have you and your family had the tough conversations and planned ahead?”

“Being Mortal” delves into the hopes of patients and families facing terminal illness. The film investigates the practice of caring for the dying and explores the relationships between patients and their doctors. It follows a surgeon, Dr. Atul Gawande, as he shares stories from the people and families he encounters. When Dr. Gawande’s own father gets cancer, his search for answers about how to best care for the dying becomes a personal quest.

To register https://www.eventbrite.com/e/being-mortal-medicine-and-what-matters-in-the-end-tickets-27391276044

Watch a short trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRkr09ZMI3w

Being Mortal is a PBS Frontline film and will air on local stations later this fall.