- Title: Decisions,Decisions
- Date: 12th January 1993
- Summary: FOR 6 YRS, RUTH'S HUSBAND FACED THE PROSPECT OF TOTAL PARALYSIS AND SLOW DEATH FROM MS. DESPITE PUTTING UP A TERRIFIC FIGHT AND TRYING EVERY POSSIBLE CURE, THE POINT CAME WHEN RATHER THAN SUFFER YEARS OF PAIN AND DEGRADATION, HE DECIDED TO TAKE HIS OWN LIFE. IN TONIGHT'S PROGRAME, ANNE KELLEHER EXPLORES WITH RUTH HER AGONISING DECISION AND THE CONFLICT OF EMOTIONS AND VALUES. SHE ALSO TALKS TO MAX, WHOSE WIFE IS STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS AS A RESULT OF A BRAIN TUMOUR AND TALKS EVERYDAY OF ENDING HER LIFE. IT IS HIS LOVE OF HER, AND HERS OF HIM, THAT SO FAR HAS KEPT HER ALIVE. ANY OF US COULD BE FACED WITH MAX OR RUTH'S AGONISING PROBLEM. HOW WOULD WE DECIDE BETWEEN RESPECTING THE WISHES OF THE PERSON CLOSEST TO US AND THE BELIEF THAT LIFE SHOULD NOT BE THROWN AWAY?
- Description:Six half hour programmes discussing moral emergencies presented by Ann Kelleher
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:PRODUCTION CENTRE PRODUCTIONS
- Programme Episode:Episode 2
- Transmission Date:12/01/1993
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s