Death on request / a programme by Maarten Nederhorst ; director, Maarten Nederhorst ; production, Lejo Schenk for IKON.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Nederhorst, Maarten, film director.

Schenk, Lejo, film producer.

Groot, Frederik de, narrator.

IKON Televisie.

Icarus Films.

Language:

Dutch

English

Subjects (All):

Assisted suicide--Netherlands--Case studies.

Assisted suicide.

Euthanasia--Netherlands--Case studies.

Euthanasia.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis--Patients--Netherlands--Case studies.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Right to die--Case studies.

Right to die.

Terminal care--Moral and ethical aspects.

Terminal care.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis--Patients.

Netherlands.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Case studies.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (57 min.) : digital, sound, color

polychrome

Other Title:

Dutch title: Dood op verzoek

Place of Publication:

[Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2017]

Language Note:

In Dutch with English subtitles.

System Details:

System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

video file

Summary:

Profiles Cees de Joode as he, his wife Antoinette, and his doctor choose euthanasia to end his suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) -- the incurable degenerative muscle disease also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.

Participant:

Narration, Frederik de Groot.

Credits:

Photography, Deodaat Visser, Albert van der Wildt, Andras Hamelberg ; editor, At Buursema ; music, R. Veerman, Henk Jonkhart.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Originally produced in 1996.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed May 1, 2017).

Publisher Number:

if-dor Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.