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Frontline Episode 28.04 The Suicide Tourist
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Frontline Episode 28.04 The Suicide Tourist

Episode Premiere
March 2, 2010
Genre
Documentary
Production Company
GBH
Official Site
http://www.pbs.org/show/frontline/
Episode Premiere
March 2, 2010
Genre
Documentary
Period
1983 -
Production Co
GBH
Distributor
PBS
Official Site
http://www.pbs.org/show/frontline/
Main Cast
  • Will Lyman

Do we have the right to end our lives if life itself becomes unbearable, or when we enter the late-stages of painful, terminal illness? The questions, debated for centuries, have only grown more pressing in recent years as medical technology has allowed us to live longer lives, and several U.S. states have legalized physician-assisted suicide. With unique access to Dignitas, the Swiss non-profit that has helped over one thousand people die since 1998, Academy award- winning filmmaker John Zaritsky offers a revealing look at a couple facing the most difficult decision of their lives--and lets us see for ourselves as one Chicago native makes the trip to Switzerland for what will become the last day of his life.