Assisted dying: How can we be certain someone wants to die?
Inside Health
BBC
4.4 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
We continue our exploration of some of the issues that could crop up if assisted dying becomes law under The Terminally Ill Adults End of Life Bill that is currently working its way through Parliament.
Today we tackle safeguarding. How can we be certain an assisted death is what the person wants? And who should even bring up the conversation?
To discuss we're joined by:
Katherine Sleeman - Professor of Palliative Care at King's College London David Nicholl - Consultant Neurologist at University Hospital Birmingham Mark Taubert - Consultant Palliative Medicine at NHS Wales Erica Borgstrom - Professor of Medical Anthropology at The Open University
Presenter: James Gallahgher Producers: Hannah Robins Assistant Production: Tom Bonnett and Siobhan
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| 1:02.2 | But first, we're continuing our exploration of some of the issues that will crop up |
| 1:07.0 | if a sister dying becomes law. |
| 1:09.3 | Using drugs to end a life raises a wide range of issues. |
| 1:13.6 | So here on Inside Health, we're looking at it from a medical perspective. |
| 1:17.6 | Last week, we talked about who could be eligible under the terminally ill adults' end-of-life bill, |
| 1:22.6 | which is working its way through Parliament. That's for England and Wales, |
| 1:26.6 | but there are similar discussions taking place in Scotland, the Isle of Man and Jersey too. You can check that episode |
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