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Language
English
Formats
Description
An ambitious, anxious young doctor is eager to impress his superiors and colleagues. He steps in when an 18-year-old patient Diane is admitted for a kidney infection and gets the much-needed boost of self-esteem he craves. But things take a dark turn as his enthusiasm begins to become an obsession.
Series
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
日本語
Description
Discovering that he is in the terminal stages of cancer, a clerk spends his last months in search of the meaning to life. After his pursuit of pleasure has failed, he finds self-realization in bringing about the building of a children's playground in the slums and dies quiety fulfilled.
3) Dying young
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A wealthy leukemia victim hires a spirited, unschooled beauty as his caretaker.
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
When an accomplished pianist is diagnosed with the devastating and incurable disease ALS, she hires a directionless young woman who becomes her full-time caregiver. Complete opposites, the strangers form a life changing bond inspiring each other to live life to fullest, while being brought together by the most challenging of circumstances.
Publisher
Parkinson's Disease Foundation
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"Diagnosis Parkinson's disease: You are not alone was created for a person who has just been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. This DVD includes testimonials from people on how they learned to cope and live with the diagnosis, scientific and medical information from experts and helpful tips and resources to provide some comfort and encouragement."--Container.
Series
Criterion collection volume 101
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Swedish
Description
Two sisters, Karin and Maria, are keeping vigil for a third, Agnes, who is dying of cancer and can find solace only in the arms of a beatific nurse.
7) The fall
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
1920's, Los Angeles. In a hospital on the outskirts of town, Roy Walker, an injured stuntman, begins to tell young Alexandria, a fellow patient with a broken arm, a fantastical story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur as the tale advances.
8) The guitar
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
After Melody is diagnosed with terminal cancer and given two months to live, she blows her savings and maxes out her credit cards to pursue her dreams, which include romance and learning to play the electric guitar.
Series
Understanding Alzheimer's volume 1
Publisher
Life View Resources, Inc
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A guide for families of those who have Alzeimer's disease.
11) The event
Publisher
Distributed exclusively by Velocity Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Matt Shapiro is dead, one more victim of AIDS. The DA believes his death may be the result of assisted suicide, which is against the law, so she questions Matt's friends and family, without considering the emotional impact her investigation might have.
Publisher
Distributed by Paraclete Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
This dynamic video offers insight, hope, and understanding for anyone who cares for a loved one with Alzheimer's. This disease without cure currently afflicts more than 30 million people and there are no treatments to halt its progression, making caregiving both essential-and difficult.
13) 50/50
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by personal experiences, an original story about friendship, love, survival, and finding humor in unlikely places. Two best friends' lives change when one of them is diagnosed with cancer.
14) The bucket list
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Two terminally ill men with nothing in common except that they share a room in a cancer ward decide make a list of things they always wanted to do and escape to fullfill the wishes on their list.
Publisher
Peripheral Productions
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"The first documentary filmed in an Alzheimer's unit told from the perspective of an Alzheimer's patient. In Danville, California, Lee Gorewitz wanders on a personal odyssey through her Alzheimer's & Dementia care unit. From the moment she wakes up, Lee is on a quest-- for reminders of her past, and her identity. A total immersion into the fragmented day-to-day experience of mental illness, 'You're looking at me like I live here and I don't' is filled...
17) Last Christmas
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In recovery from a life-threatening illness, Kate's work as an elf at a Christmas-themed shop begins to suffer as she keeps the secret from her employer and does not discuss it with her first-generation immigrant parents or her distanced sister. As the holidays draw closer, she encounters the same kind-hearted man repeatedly, and finds herself eventually warming to him despite his unreliable nature, letting his optimistic worldview gradually change...
18) Felony
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Three male detectives become embroiled in a tense struggle after a tragic accident that leaves a child in a coma. One is guilty of a crime; one will try to cover it up, and the other attempts to expose it. How far will these men go to both disguise and unravel the truth?
19) After the rain
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
As a young man struggles with a terminal sentence, a woman is desperate to breathe life into his final days in this provocative film based on a true story.
Publisher
Path of Wellness & Healing
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"This inspirational guide explores the entire breast cancer experience blending breakthrough science with traditional and complementary healing. It helps women navigate complex decisions about treatment and recovery with a mission to heal the whole person"--Container.