Four visionaries stand out in the history of the modern hospice movement. This film tells their story. What they saw of the process of dying changed their lives. They were appalled, not by the natural act itself, but how our society hides it, denies it, misunderstands it and fails utterly to cope with it. Meet Dame Cicely Saunders, Florence Wald, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and Balfour Mount. Their work inspired a movement felt around the world. Over the past five decades, end-of-life care has been dramatically transformed. -----What the Media is Saying... Every nurse and doctor in America, every professional and family caregiver to the dying, should see this film." - Bill Moyers, Journalist