Bibliograph

Is this life worth living?, produced by Slawomir Grünberg

Type

Label

Is this life worth living?, produced by Slawomir Grünberg

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

For College; Adult audiences

Main title

Is this life worth living?

Medium

electronic resource

Oclc number

747796959

Responsibility statement

produced by Slawomir Grünberg

Runtime

Summary

Through the personal experiences of three families, this documentary explores the ethical issues involved in sustaining the life of a severely brain damaged or comatose patient. It explores the plight of Patricia Brophy, who fought a legal battle for permission to remove her husband s feeding tube after he lapsed into a vegetative state. Then we meet the Barashes, who are emotionally and financially exhausted from caring for their helpless 12-year-old son. He was saved by heroic measures at birth, despite their wishes to the contrary. For another point of view we meet the Micros who will not give up on their brain damaged son after an accident in the Marine Corps. Our society is reluctantly allowing a mentally competent person to refuse life-lengthening measures. Who then should make that decision when the individual is mentally incompetent or an infant?

Target audience

general

Contributor