Productions
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24 October 2000
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WDR Tagesthemen
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The Peerbooms case |
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After the son of the Peerbooms family had an accident with his motor bike he ends up in a hospital. Sadly enough he stays in a coma and after a while the responsible doctor comes with the suggestion that it is maybe better to carry out euthanasia. The Peerbooms couple is shocked and they decide to try an alternative doctor in Austria . The results of the therapy are incredible successful. In The Netherlands the treatment exists but is still experimental and only for people up to 25 years of age. The son is 30 so the insurance does not pay anything. Should insurance companies pay treatments in other European countries? The Peerbooms family decided to go to court.
Activities: find family & organise persmission, prepare and accompany filming.