At the request of the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA), co-producers Terry Kaldhusdal and Michael Bernhagen have extended the PBS broadcast rights for Consider the Conversation: A Documentary on a Taboo Subject to 12/31/13.
Terry Kaldhusdal and Michael Bernhagen, the social entrepreneurs behind Consider the Conversation: A Documentary on a Taboo Subject, wish to publically recognize the following organizations who are among the first to donate in support of the production of the second film in the Consider the Conversation series.
Consider the Conversation: A Documentary on a Taboo Subject will air for the 400th time on PBS when KPTS in Wichita, Kansas broadcasts it on Sunday, April 28th at 6 p.m.
Consider the Conversation co-producers Terry Kaldhusdal (left) and Michael Bernhagen (right) were recently photographed by Dan Bishop for a short story on p. 40 of the April 2013 issue of M Magazine. Written by Julie Feldman and entitled "Taboo Talk Ignited", the article highlights the ripple effect of their film work in the state of Wisconsin and beyond.
Although many older patients in Canada have thought about end-of-life care and discussed it with family members, a new study suggests fewer have spoken with doctors and had their wishes noted accurately in their medical record. To read the full story, please click here.
The Mayo Clinic Health System is one of hundreds of organizations around the country hosting free community screenings of Consider the Conversation: A Documentary on a Taboo Subject.
Here's a short video that shares the reaction of their audience immediately after recent screenings.
An article in the March 21st edition of U.S. News & World Report says that dying patients are happier, less depressed, have less pain and survive longer when their end-of-life care wishes are known and followed.
To read the full article, click here.
Terry Kaldhusdal and Michael Bernhagen, the social entrepreneurs behind Consider the Conversation: A Documentary on a Taboo Subject, are actively seeking individual and organizational donations to facilitate production and distribution of the second film in the Consider the Conversation
On Saturday, February 16th, Michael Bernhagen (left) and Terry Kaldhusdal (right) were presented with Horizon Home Care & Hospice's 2013 Touching Lives Award for their groundbreaking film Consider the Conversation: A Documentary on a Taboo Subject in a black tie event held at the Pfister Hotel in downtown Milwaukee.
Earlier today (Friday, 2/8), Michael Bernhagen, co-producer of Consider the Conversation: A Documentary on a Taboo Subject, was interviewed by Stephanie Lecci on Milwaukee Public Radio's Lake Effect program. Together the pair talked about how the film is changing the expert culture of medicine in Wisconsin as well as a significant award being bestowed on the project on February 16th. They were joined in studio by Kelly Andrew of Horizon Home Care & Hospice.
