Mirjam Willemsen sees death in the eye every day. As a general practitioner of terminally ill patients but also as a patient with incurable cancer. In the time she has left, she is working tirelessly to break the taboo around dying in order to improve end-of-life care.
Type: feature documentary
Length: 88 minutes
Production company: Television
Year: 2023, funded by the regulation 'Realisatie - LimburgDoc (2022)'.
Shot in: -
Synopsis
The young and driven family doctor Mirjam flourishes in the medicine most steeped in fear and taboo: end-of-life care. She helps patients with a terminal illness live what remains of their lives as fully as possible. And ultimately, she fulfills their wish to die with dignity and comfort by giving them palliative sedation or euthanasia. When the doctor becomes a palliative patient herself, she has one final mission: to shatter the taboo on dying and improve end-of-life care from her unique double perspective. Living and working on the cutting edge of life and death, Mirjam is determined to change the way we think about both.
Cast & crew
Director: Bart Beckers, Mariska Beckers
Producer: Bart Beckers
Writer: Mariska Beckers
Cast: Mirjam Willemsen
