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60 minutes II. Suicide tourists / produced by Cindy Babski.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dignitas (Organization).
- Assisted suicide--Law and legislation--Switzerland.
- Assisted suicide.
- Suicide--Law and legislation--Switzerland.
- Suicide.
- Medical ethics--Switzerland.
- Medical ethics.
- Genre:
- Television news programs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (13 minutes)
- Other Title:
- 60 minutes 2. Suicide tourists
- Sixty minutes two. Suicide tourists
- Suicide tourists
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2003.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- A report on "suicide tourists": people who travel to Switzerland - a country where assisted suicide is legal - seeking to end their lives. Focuses on Dignitas, the only assisted suicide group that welcomes foreigners. Includes interviews with: Ernst Aschmoneit, an 81-year-old German suffering from Parkinson's disease; Ludwig Minelli, a human rights lawyer and founder of Dignitas; Dr. Thomas Schlaeper, a psychiatrist; and Andreas Brunner, public prosecutor.
- Participant:
- Reporter: Lara Logan ; interviewees: Ernst Aschmoneit, Ludwig Minelli, Dr. Thomas Schlaeper, Andreas Brunner.
- Notes:
- Originally broadcast 02/12/03.
- Title from title screen (viewed June 21, 2024).
- OCLC:
- 1445935052
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