Productions
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24 August 2004
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BBC Scotland / Eorpa
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Euthanasia & senile dementia |
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Under strict conditions it is legal in The Netherlands to carry out euthanasia on people with dementia. The Dutch boards of Attorney Generals decided to stop prosecuting a doctor who helped a patient with Alzheimer disease with suicide. The boards stated that Alzheimer itself is not an indication to carry out euthanasia, unless a doctor can come up with a well-founded case were a patient suffers psychologically and the situation is unbearable and hopeless. A tour along specialists and people that experienced an euthanasia case of a person that suffered from senile dementia.
Activities: research, set-up reportage, planning and accompaniment filming, vox pops, Dutch - English translations interviews.