Movies About MAiD and Choice
These are a few films focused on autonomy, prognosis, ethical debate, legal access, and MAiD decision-making. There are many great resources out there, from TED talks, to YouTube. If there’s something you’d like to share, be sure to Contact Us through the website or send an email to info@endoflifeoptionsnm.org
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CBS: A woman with ALS shares her last day after choosing “Medical Aid in Dying”
CBS News spent time with Barbara Goodfriend during the final 24 hours of her life after she chose “Medical Aid in Dying.” The 83-year-old widow, who was diagnosed with ALS, explained her decision to die with medical assistance.
Runtime: 7:26
Available on YouTube here.
CBS – On Facebook
Why some groups are against “Medical Aid in Dying”
10 states and Washington, D.C. allow terminally-ill people to take medicine to end their lives. Two-thirds of Americans support “Medical Aid in Dying,” or MAID, but some groups are against what they call assisted suicide, arguing it’s discrimination against people with disabilities.
Runtime: 3:09 (short) Available on Facebook here.Should Doctors Help People End Their Lives?
Published by MedlifeCrisis.com
This is a really different video for me. My Mum died in 2018, soon after I’d posted my second ever video to the internet. She had a horrible final year of life, consumed by anxiety and fear about how she would die, having been diagnosed with an incurable terminal disease. I explore the arguments for and against Assisted Dying, both as a son who cared for his mother through a horrible disease, and as a doctor.
Now streaming on YouTube.com
How to Die in Oregon
In How to Die in Oregon, filmmaker Peter Richardson gently enters the lives of the terminally ill as they consider whether – and when – to end their lives by lethal overdose. Richardson examines both sides of this complex, emotionally charged issue. What emerges is a life-affirming, staggeringly powerful portrait of what it means to die with dignity.
Rent or buy on iTunes | Netflix | documentary | Hulu Plus
Dying Wish
Dying Wish is a documentary about hospice patient, Dr. Michael Miller, an eighty-year old, retired surgeon with end-stage cancer who chooses to stop eating and drinking in order not to prolong his dying process, to ease his suffering and to die with grace.
more at dyingwishmedia.com
Extremis
2016 Oscar-Winning Documentary about Palliative Care in ICU, by Dan Krauss
Runtime: 00:24:45
End Game
NETFLIX.com 2018 Documentary about Palliative Care, by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
Runtime: 00:06:61
When My Time Comes
Spurred on by the death of her husband, Diane Rehm crosses the country to take an in-depth look at medical aid in dying. This balanced documentary gives voice to people on all sides of the issue, presents the facts and explores the myths surrounding medical aid in dying, now allowed in California and 10 other U.S. jurisdictions. See the movie at whenmytimecomesmovie.com
Take Me Out Feet First
Season One: 6 episodes
Streaming on On Amazon Prime (free trial available for non-members)
Compassion & Choices New York
Planning for the Care You Want and Deserve
Published on Jan 25, 2018
Runtime: 01:03:37
Dying with Dignity
Respecting Choices
with End-of-life Care
Published on Nov 14, 2011 – Death is not something any of us like to think about, much less talk about with our loved ones.
Runtime: 00:06:61