A Life Worth Living | Andrew McLaughlin | ACMI collection

Presents hypothetical case studies of newly born severely handicapped children. A panel of eminent members of the medical and legal professions are asked what their decisions would be in these situations when one human being has the power of life and death over another

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Credits

producer

Andrew McLaughlin

Duration

00:51:00:00

Production places

Unknown

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

015335

Language

English

Subject categories

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Ethics

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Euthanasia

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Right to die

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Euthanasia

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical ethics

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Right to die

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U-Matic; Access Print (Section 1)

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