Dignitas - Death on Prescription
The DIGNITAS motto “To live with dignity – To die with dignity” is a promise.
Switzerland is the only country in the world that allows foreigners to come and die on its territory. Since its founding in 1998, more than a thousand people have traveled to Zurich to end their lives with the help of the organization Dignitas. "Dignitas - Death on Prescription" is a documentary about an organization that provides people with terminal and incurable illnesses, intense unrelenting pain, and depression with a peaceful death. The organization's founder, lawyer Ludwig Minelli, is often the target of insults, especially from politicians, despite the fact that most Swiss citizens support the option of medically assisted suicide.
Keywords
dying and death, death, dying, ethical dilemma, euthanasia, assisted suicide, hospice, palliative care, ethics problem, hospice care, assisted dying
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Dignitas - Death on Prescription about?
- Switzerland is the only country in the world that allows foreigners to come and die on its territory. Since its founding in 1998, more than a thousand people have traveled to Zurich to end their lives with the help of the organization Dignitas. "Dignitas - Death on Prescription" is a documentary about an organization that provides people with terminal and incurable illnesses, intense unrelenting pain, and depression with a peaceful death. The organization's founder, lawyer Ludwig Minelli, is often the target of insults, especially from politicians, despite the fact that most Swiss citizens support the option of medically assisted suicide.
- Who directed Dignitas - Death on Prescription?
- Dignitas - Death on Prescription was directed by Jean-Bernard Menoud.
- How long is Dignitas - Death on Prescription?
- Dignitas - Death on Prescription has a runtime of 56m (56 minutes).
- What genre is Dignitas - Death on Prescription?
- Dignitas - Death on Prescription is a Documentary, TV Movie film.