Picks and Pans Review: A Matter of Life and Death

UPDATED 01/12/1981 at 01:00 AM EST • Originally published 01/12/1981 at 01:00 AM EST

CBS (9-11 p.m. ET)

Alice star Linda Lavin brings vibrant strength to the real-life story of Joy Ufema, a Harrisburg, Pa nurse who fought bureaucratic obstruction to develop a unique method of helping terminally ill patients face the inevitable. Based on her experience, she later set up a hospice program.