“Dying Wish” a VSED Story -Choice & Dignity - Mortality Movies Discussion

Join us for a FREE Saturday afternoon screening and discussion of this critically acclaimed short film directed by Karen van Vuuren.
The defining theme of Dying Wish is offered at its outset by 80-year-old retired surgeon Dr. Michael Miller, who suffers from late-stage terminal cancer: “I’m Michael Miller. Soon I will discontinue drinking and eating and drift into death in days. I am extricating myself from a wretched end of life. It is a poor thing for anyone to fear that which is inevitable. Yes, the cancer has conquered me . . . has its tentacles into me but I will not . . . am not allowing it to make me suffer in these last few days.”
This film explores the personal, familial, and wider social and ethical implications of Michael’s decision to hasten his own death.
A general discussion on Death, Dying and Life-end Hastening will follow the film.
Refreshments provided. No admission fee, but donations are welcomed.