On this blog, Professor Thaddeus Pope tracks judicial, legislative, policy, and academic developments concerning medical futility and the limits on individual autonomy at the end of life.

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Compulsory Euthanasia at 80: The Ad Campaign

The Gruen Transfer is a show on Australia's ABC1 about advertising, how it works, and how it works on us.  In one segment called 'The Pitch', agencies compete to fulfill a seemingly impossible brief.  Recently, two agencies pitched ads for compulsory euthanasia at 80.  These ads are actually really good and could be readily recast to support a more palatable message.      

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