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Series
Religion and culture volume pt. 3
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"Examines euthanasia through the eyes of several medical and religious experts. Euthanasia as an acceptable practice is discussed within the context of current "right-to-die" cases, including the highly publicized assisted suicide activities of Dr. Jack Kevorkian. We see how individual rights issues often overshadow legal arguments. Efforts currently under way by religious groups to block the practice are examined."--Container.
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Examines the predicament shared by the terminally ill living in the United States: with the exception of Washington and Oregon, where assisted suicide is legal, an individual must seek help secretly from friends, family members, and activist organizations to put an end to their suffering.
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
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Description
In 1994, Oregon became the first state to legalize physician-assisted suicide. Since then, more than 500 Oregonians have taken their mortality into their own hands. Filmmaker Peter Richardson gently enters the lives of the terminally ill as they consider whether--and when--to end their lives by lethal overdose. Richardson examines both sides of the complex, emotionally charged issue. What emerges is a life-affirming, staggeringly powerful portrait...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Gifted sculptor Ken Harrison is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do is talk, and he wants to die. In the hospital he makes friends with the staff, and they support him when he goes to trial to be allowed to die.
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010], CA :.
Language
English
Description
Angel of mercy, or murderous 'Doctor Death'? Jack Kevorkian is one of the most polarizing figures in modern American history, a man whose passionate belief that people have the right to die has brought him both praise and vilification.
6) Right to die
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Cliff and his wife Abby are involved in a fiery car wreck that leaves Cliff unhurt and his wife hideously burned. As Abby lies comatose, kept alive only by life support, her charred spirit seeks vengeance on those who profit from her plight.
7) Plan 75
Series
Publisher
Kimstim
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
日本語
Description
Government program Plan 75 encourages senior citizens to be euthanized to remedy an aged society. An elderly woman whose means of survival are vanishing, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman, and a Filipino laborer face life-and-death choices.