American Experience: The Boy in the Bubble

When David Vetter died at the age of 12 he was already world famous as 'the boy in the plastic bubble', yet his story is a tragic tale of ambitious doctors pitted against a bewildered couple. This American Experience documentary raises some of the most difficult ethical questions of our age. Did doctors, in a rush to save a child, condemn the boy to a life not worth living? Did they, in the end, effectively decide how to kill him?