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English
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Woman Directed Film - Documentary Short 25 minutes
The struggle for survival of a mother paralysed with ALS and on artificial respiration, having to provide and pay for her own care and not having the option of euthanasia
Genres: Documentary and Reality
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Between Life and Death
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The struggle for survival of Kiki Tsakiri, a mother totally paralysed with ALS and dependent on an artificial respirator, having to provide her own care and not having the option of euthanasia. Kiki lives in a village on the Greek island of Rhodes. She cannot speak and can only communicate by writing with her eyes on a special computer screen. Having to organise her own 24hr intensive care at home and fundraise to pay for it, since the Greek public health system does not provide nor pay for long-term care at home for paralysed patients. She wants to have the option of choosing a dignified death when she can no longer stand the suffering but euthanasia is totally forbidden in Greece.

Studio: University of the Aegean & Joanna TACHMINTZIS
Producers: Joanna TACHMINTZIS & The University of the Aegean
From: Greece
Produced In: Greece
Directors: Joanna TACHMINTZIS
Writers: Joanna TACHMINTZIS
Lead Actors: Kiki Tsakiri

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