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Whose life is it anyway?

Raises the question of a person's right to death with a story about a paralyzed automobile victim who wishes to be permitted to die rather than be kept alive by mechanical means while his doctor maintains it is his professional duty to maintain life.

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  • "Ken Harrison is a sculptor who has been paralyzed from the neck down in a traffic accident. He goes to court to demand the right to die."
  • "Raises the question of a person's right to death with a story about a paralyzed automobile victim who wishes to be permitted to die rather than be kept alive by mechanical means while his doctor maintains it is his professional duty to maintain life."@en
  • "Gifted sculptor Ken Harrison is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do is talk, and he wants to die. In the hospital he makes friends with the staff, and they support him when he goes to trial to be allowed to die."@en
  • "Ken Harrison (Richard Dreyfuss) is a well-known and respected sculptor, until a terrible car accident leaves him a quadriplegic. His once positive outlook descends into depression as he comes to grips with the loss of his independence and his art. Even as he develops a relationship with Clare Scott (Christine Lahti), all he wants to do is end his life, but U.S. law forbids assisted suicide. Dr. Harrison (John Cassavetes) vows to keep Ken alive -- while Ken's lawyer fights for his right to die."@en
  • "Gifted sculptor Ken Harrison is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do is talk, and he wants to die. In the hospital he makes friends with the staff, and they support him when he goes to trial to be allowed to die."
  • "Based on the stage play of the same name by Brian Clark - Gifted sculptor Ken Harrison is now a hospitalized quadriplegic and no matter how much he makes light of his condition, another kind of light inside him grows dim- Ken wants the doctors to let him die."@en
  • "Raises the question of a person's right to death with a story about a paralyzed automobile victim who wishes to be permitted to die rather than be kept alive by mechaical means while his doctor maintains it is his professional duty to maintain life."@en
  • "Ken Harrison is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do is talk, and he wants to die. In the hospital he makes friends with the staff, and they support him when he goes to trial to be allowed to die."@en

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  • "Fiction films"@en
  • "Film adaptations"@en
  • "Film adaptations"
  • "Fiction films"
  • "Video recordings for the hearing impaired"@en
  • "Video recordings for the hearing impaired"
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  • "Films for the hearing impaired"@en
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  • "Feature films"
  • "Drama"@en
  • "Drama"

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  • "Whose life is it anyway?"@en
  • "Whose life is it anyway?"
  • "Whose life is it anyway? (Motion picture)"@en
  • "Whose life is it anyway? (Motion picture)"
  • "Whose Life Is It Anyway?"@en
  • "Whose life is it anyway"
  • "Who's life is it anyway?"

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