Dying in the E.R., and on TV Without His Family’s Consent – NYTimes.com

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Dying in the E.R., and on TV Without His Family’s Consent

Months after her husband was hit by a truck, Anita Chanko watched him die again on “NY Med,” a medical series. But she hadn’t given permission for those moments to be aired.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/nyregion/dying-in-the-er-and-on-tv-without-his-familys-consent.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

“I saw my husband die before my eyes.”

No one in the Chanko family had given “NY Med” permission to film Mr. Chanko’s treatment at the hospital or to broadcast the moments leading up to his death.