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Who Gets…The Last Word ? New Ideas about Euthanasia |
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A candid look at the arguments and realities surrounding euthanasia and assisted suicide. Discusses the risks to the elderly, disabled and terminally ill specifically, and to health care and society generally.
Featuring, Halldor Bjarnason, lawyer with cerebral palsy Paul Chamberlain, philosophy and ethics professor Anita Dadson, mother and community living advocate Daisy & Art Gagne, senior citizens Dr. Will Johnston, family physician Norman Kunc, author and disability rights activist Dr. Jim Lane, family physician Walter Lawrence, rehabilitation counselor Sally Martin, social worker The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition of B.C. wishes to promote serious public debate about euthanasia and strongly advocates universal access to quality palliative care. For information, or to order this video, please contact EPC
Run time 24:02 © 1999 |
EXCERPTS: Well [euthanasia] is as good a choice as any, and I believe it’s up to the individual to make his or her choice. Anonymous I just worry that if euthanasia ever became legal in this country, then people who cannot speak for themselves, people like our daughter, would be at serious risk. Anita Dadson, mother and community living advocate The problem is…we are not saying people should have the right to die. What we are saying is that elderly, sick and disabled people should have the right to die. If we really are serious about the right to die, let’s make it applicable for everyone. Norman Kunc, author, speaker, disability rights activist It’s alarming to me that we would be talking in the case of euthanasia about giving even more power, not to the patient, not to the person suffering, but to the caregivers. And not power to help, but power to kill. Dr. Will Johnston I actually agree with that, to tell you the truth. My father died of lung cancer and I had to watch him suffer. And if he had asked me to kill him, or a doctor, I wouldn’t have had any problem with it, cause he suffered man. Anonymous … there’s a risk that euthanasia may be seen as a solution to help economically with our health care system. …if euthanasia were legalized in our country, most people would lose more rights than they'd ever gain. Dr. Jim Lane |
