The Fifth Estate
tv show

175 total episodes
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17 seasons
Where the story doesn't end with the headline
First Aired January 02, 1976
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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.
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.