Second Thoughts

Nowhere in the world are the dillemas surrounding euthanasia discussed so openly as in The Netherlands. But this openness does not reduce the emotional charge of the issues. Backlight follows the negotiations among a doctor, a patient and the family in an Amsterdam nursing home.

Director: Eugene Paashuis
VPRO Backlight

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News & Politics

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• euthanasia
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• Netherlands

[tmx51]

@superbooks7 Do you have nothing better to do than tell people whats right and whats wrong? you talk a lot about murder but its a men made word that means nothing. There are no rules to life and people will live and die as they wish so back off with your shit.

[TheCrilles]

@superbooks7 fag

[superbooks7]

That was pretty disgusting in that it was OBVIOUS that he did not want to die. It was obvious that his legal rep wanted him to die. It is disgusting that anyone wants assisted suicide to be legal. People should not be allowed to ASSIST someone to kill themselves. ANY participation or assistance is being a party to murder. You can change the words, change the papers, change the terms but bottom line is that if you HELP someone kill themselves then you are a party to the act of murder

[TrentStockman78]

Wow what a predicament.. As a human being I have to ask this man if he wants to live, even though he is mentally challenged... I'm not fully aware of the whole state but I assume he originally wanted to die.

[NAVYWIFEONE]

@The391956 I agree .he specifically said no! so end of story i know hw knows what yes and no is cause they ask that a lot in nursing homes and hospitals but mainly nursing homes cause a lot of patients can't talk he seemed well aware of what he wanted his wife is a murderer evil cruel intentions they should have made her drink it. no means no he knew what that paper meant

[suryraeliska]

Wat verschikkelijk!!!!!

een man die niet dood wilt gaan

wil zijn vrouw beslissen een eind te maken aan zijn leven!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hy is digene die zelf over leven en dood kan beslissen.

ben hier echt van geschokken!!!!

[frankensteinmoneymac]

Yeah, he might have been pretty out of it, and he wasn't able to speak, but he seemed quite clear (at least from the clips shown here) that he both understood what was being asked of him, and that he had definitively decided that he wanted to live on.....if he was truly suffering to the point that he wanted to die, I think he could have communicated that. Though I do support it in cases where the decision is more clear cut and there is no ambiguity.

[cmchop]

I'm not going to judge what people have to bear in their lifetimes. It is beyond my understanding. May you have the strength to endure.

[The391956]

@Andrewwaldert

Even if he don't know what he is saying, their is no reason to kill

him when he says no, their are nursing homes for people like

him to be cared for. His wife does not want to spend the money

for his care in a nursing home. so wrong when the patient does

not want to be killed.

I support euthanasia when the patient wants it, to end pain or

suffering but not to save on a nursing home bill.

[The391956]

I support euthanasia for people who want to die but not for the

family to get the estate faster or for not having to care for them

who don't want to be killed.

Their are nursing homes who take care of the dementia that is

where they can go being paid by the estate and when it runs

out the government pays for nursing homes.

It does not matter if he is of sound mind or not if he or she says

he or she does not want to be killed then they must not be killed.