' Death is one of the greatest taboos. It doesn't square with our worship of youth; we're afraid of it, we deny it, we are even ashamed of it But the truth, alter all, is that We are all terminally ill. Once we recognise that, we can enjoy the life we have left.'
So speaks Elisabeth Kubler-Ross , a Swiss-American doctor who specialises ia working with the dying - of all ages. Children, she says, are by far her calmest patients. ' TIleY haven't been indoctrinated with the fears and hang-ups of adults. They are not part of the conspiracy of silence which too often surrounds death.' This film follows Kubler-Ross over several weeks; it observes the philosophy and practice of this one-woman travelling hospice.
Film cameraman louiS wolfees
Producers ERIC Davidson , Andrew MACLEAR