The Fifth Estate

tv show

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175 total episodes

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17 seasons

Where the story doesn't end with the headline

First Aired January 02, 1976

Overview

Each week the fifth estate brings in-depth investigations that matter to Canadians – delivering a dazzling parade of political leaders, controversial characters and ordinary people whose lives were touched by triumph or tragedy.

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Dead Enough

Season 39 - Episode 17 - 1h 0m

Air Date

March 21, 2014

Overview

It’s a question you might think medical science would have answered long ago – when are you dead? But in “Dead Enough” the fifth estate explores how the standards for when and how people are declared dead can vary from province to province and even from hospital to hospital. Host Bob McKeown looks at how, in the rush to meet the need for life-saving organ transplants, some doctors are worried that we may be pushing the ethical boundaries.