@article{1355127,
      recid = {1355127},
      author = {Bartlett, Sharon.},
      title = {Who owns my life? The Sue Rodriguez story / [electronic  resource] :},
      publisher = {Filmakers Library,},
      address = {New York, NY :},
      pages = {1 online resource (84 min.)},
      year = {1994},
      note = {Title from resource description page (viewed Oct. 7,  2014).},
      abstract = {This moving documentary has generated widespread public  debate over the bioethical issue of doctor-assisted  suicide, illegal in North America. It follows Sue  Rodriguez, an attractive young mother, in her battle with  ALS, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. This disease was  destroying her nervous system, causing her pain, and would  ultimately lead to death by suffocation. She made up her  mind that when things became intolerable, she would commit  suicide. In Canada suicide is legal. However, Sue knew she  would lose the physical ability to end her life as she  became increasingly handicapped. With the support of the  Right to Die Society, she and her lawyer mounted a legal  challenge that quickly made her a symbol of the Right to  Die cause. This documentary goes behind the scenes to  portray a gracious yet determined woman who allowed her  personal pain to become public. Her case was debated and  appealed before the Supreme Court of Canada. Although the  plea lost by a narrow margin, Sue had the satisfaction of  putting the issue of who controls the way we die on the  public agenda. In 1994, Sue had a peaceful, although  illegal, doctor-assisted, death.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1355127},
}