@article{1355678,
      recid = {1355678},
      author = {Peterson, Beverly.},
      title = {Defining life [electronic resource] /},
      publisher = {Filmakers Library,},
      address = {New York, NY :},
      pages = {1 online resource (27 min.).},
      year = {1992},
      note = {Originally released as DVD.},
      abstract = {What does one do when a terminally-ill loved one asks for  help in committing suicide? This is one of the issues this  thought provoking film addresses through the stories of  people who had to make difficult choices. Defining Life  goes beyond the debate of withdrawing life support in a  hospital. Dr. Jack Kevorkian is shown speaking about his  views on euthanasia. The film then focuses on the case of  Bernard Harper and his terminally ill wife, Ginger. She  begged to have her life ended so she would not have to  suffer. For abetting her suicide, Harper was charged with  murder. After an emotional trial the court found him  innocent. On the other hand, we see the case of Luane, who  was left helpless and in a vegetative state after a car  accident in 1954. Her family never considered "letting her  die." Sixteen years later she recovered enough to permit  the removal of her feeding tubes and to sit in a wheel  chair. Despite severe physical limitations, she lives each  day fully. John, an AIDS victim, states his case for the  right to have a "good death.".},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1355678},
}