terminally ill

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terminally ill

Deadline

2007
Given the medical diagnosis of one year to live, high school senior Ben Wolf decides to fulfill his greatest fantasies, ponders his life's purpose and legacy, and converses through dreams with a spiritual guide known as "Hey-Soos.".

Second Chance Summer

2012
After Taylor Edwards' family gets devastating news, they decide to spend one last summer all together at their lake house in the Pocono Mountains, they get to know each other again and bond, and Taylor remembers her past friends and crush.

Terminal illness

opposing viewpoints
2001
Presents various articles which discuss how care of the terminally ill can be improved, how their physical and emotional pain should be addressed, the morality of physicians aiding in the deaths of terminally ill patients, and the right of the terminally ill to die.

Bang the drum slowly

1984
Baseball player Henry Wiggen relates how he throws a baseball for the sake of his pocket, his family, his teammates, and a dying friend.

Last holiday

2006
After she's diagnosed with a terminal illness, a shy woman decides to take a European vacation.

Too young to die

1989
Melissa must face some devastating news about her health. At first she refuses to accept the doctor's diagnosis, but as her illiness gets worse she cannot deny the truth.

All the time in the world

2000
Nicki McBain falls in love with a man soon after she is diagnosed with a fatal disease.

Fade far away

1999
Sienna Scully has never been close to her parents, but when she finds out the her father is dying from an inoperable brain tumor, she uses her art to come to terms with their troubled relationship.

Mother, please don't die

2005
Thirteen-year-old tomboy, Megan McCaffery is just beginning to enjoy growing up when her mother is diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor. Suddenly, her life is turned upside down, her hurt and anger coming between Megan and everyone she cares about, until she realizes what her real priorities are.

Between the dying and the dead

Dr. Jack Kevorkian's life and the battle to legalize euthanasia
2006
Chronicles the life of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, focusing on his efforts to legalize euthanasia and his notoriety in the 1990s for his passionate advocacy of doctor-assisted suicide.

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