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What can the UK learn from other countries about assisted dying?
Euthanasia is currently illegal in the UK. Attempts to change the law have so far failed.
However other countries have legalised assisted dying and/or euthanasia. In this programme David Aaronovitch finds out what their experience has been and what, if anything, the UK could learn from that.
Joining David on the programme are:
- Imogen Goold: Professor of Medical Law at University of Oxford
- Agnes van der Heide: Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam
- Thaddeus Pope: Professor, Health Law Institute, Mitchell Hamline School of Law (Minnesota, USA)
- Richard Huxtable: Professor of Medical Ethics and Law at the University of Bristol
Production: Kirsteen Knight, Alex Lewis and Claire Bowes
Production Co-ordinators: Jacqui Johnson and Gemma Ashman
Sound: James Beard
Editor: Richard Vadon
This programme was first broadcast on 14 December 2023 and has been amended to reflect changes since then.
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Euthanasia is currently illegal in the UK. Attempts to change the law have so far failed.
However other countries have legalised assisted dying and/or euthanasia. In this programme David Aaronovitch finds out what their experience has been and what, if anything, the UK could learn from that.
Joining David on the programme are:
- Imogen Goold: Professor of Medical Law at University of Oxford
- Agnes van der Heide: Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam
- Thaddeus Pope: Professor, Health Law Institute, Mitchell Hamline School of Law (Minnesota, USA)
- Richard Huxtable: Professor of Medical Ethics and Law at the University of Bristol
Production: Kirsteen Knight, Alex Lewis and Claire Bowes
Production Co-ordinators: Jacqui Johnson and Gemma Ashman
Sound: James Beard
Editor: Richard Vadon
This programme was first broadcast on 14 December 2023 and has been amended to reflect changes since then.
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