My Death Is Not My Own | Henk Blanken | TEDxAmsterdam

Henk Blanken shares his experiences and his views on the current Dutch Euthinasia laws following his diagnosis with Parkinsons disease. How they are not as liberal as they may appear and how that we control our own death is a myth. Knowing that in five or ten years he will depend on a wheelchair, or worse be lost to dementia, Henk has been led to ask what happens next?
Henk Blanken is a Dutch author and journalist. He has worked for various newspapers and magazines, written books on the journalistic trade and won several prizes for his work. He currently writes for De Correspondent. Henk was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and at present, he mainly writes about the dilemmas surrounding euthanasia and dementia. He knows that the disease might one day take him past the point at which he wants to carry on. His piece “My death is not my own: the legal limits of euthanasia” appeared as a long read in The Guardian. His book titled “It Won’t Kill You” was met with critical acclaim in both the Netherlands and Germany. Henk says: “That something good has come out of this deterioration, makes up for a lot.” This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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