'Winter in Gloster Huis' by Vonne van der Meer
Vonne van der Meer
In this novel set in 2024, the ‘Done with Life Act’ is law in the Netherlands, permitting assisted suicide for those who consider their lives complete. At the same time, two brothers receive a huge inheritance. One starts a farewell hotel, which facilitates a self-chosen death; the other starts an extended-stay hotel, where people are surrounded by care and attention until their natural passing.
'A Good Way to Die?' by Tash Christie and Dan Salmon
Tash Christie & Dan Salmon (prods.), Andrew Merrifield (dir.)
This mainstream documentary, produced when assisted dying was illegal in Aotearoa/New Zealand, follows the stories of four people who would like the option to end their lives on their own terms. Its idiosyncratic combination of confronting subject manner and light mood demonstrates the complexity of requests for assisted dying.
'Levenseindekliniek' by Marcel Ouddeken, Hans Kema
Marcel Ouddeken and Hans Kema (directors)
The documentary film ‘Levenseindekliniek’ revolves around the Dutch End-of-Life Clinic, an organization that specifically deals with patients whose euthanasia requests are complex. The film follows three patients who have requested euthanasia at the End-of-Life Clinic because their own doctors were not willing to proceed with euthanasia.