Description |
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
Summary |
When David Vetter died at the age of 12, he was already world famous: the boy in the plastic bubble. Here, serious questions are answered. Did doctors, in a rush to save a child, condemn the boy to a life not worth living and instead kill him? |
Notes |
Originally broadcast on American experience in 2005 |
Credits |
Cinematography, Stephen McCarthy ; art direction, Caitlin McNally ; editor, George O'Donnell ; music composer, Gary Lionelli ; visual effects, Yorgo Alexopoulos |
Performer |
Narrator, Campbell Scott ; voices: Lee Wilkof, Joanna Merlin, Kyra Sedgwick |
Notes |
DVD, region 1; stereo |
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Not rated |
Subject |
Vetter, David, 1971-1984.
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Severe combined immunodeficiency -- Patients.
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Germfree life.
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Medical ethics.
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Quality of life -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Ethics, Medical.
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Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes.
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Quality of Life.
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Severe Combined Immunodeficiency.
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Genre/Form |
Medical (Nonfiction)
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Youth
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Video recordings.
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Author |
Wilkof, Lee.
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Merlin, Joanna.
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Sedgwick, Kyra.
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Scott, Campbell.
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Maggio, John, production personnel, director
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Goodman, Barak, author of screenplay, production personnel, director
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PBS Home Video.
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Ark Media (Firm)
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Channel Four (Great Britain)
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ISBN |
0793692202 |
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