What can the UK learn from other countries about assisted dying?
David Aaronovitch examines the experience of countries that allow euthanasia or assisted dying and asks what UK could learn from them.
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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- Thu 14 Dec 2023 20:00成人快手 Radio 4
- Fri 15 Dec 2023 11:00成人快手 Radio 4
- Last Monday 00:15成人快手 Radio 4 FM
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