Assisted Dying: What can we learn from Canada?
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 25 November 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Some 4% of deaths in the country in 2022 were with the help of a doctor, under the Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) law.
In this episode, Niall Paterson is joined by Sky’s health correspondent Ashish Joshi, and hears from Canadians about MAID. Niall also talks Dr Ellen Wiebe, a doctor who has assisted in more than 400 deaths.
If you want to learn more about the proposed legislation in this country you can read more here, and anyone feeling emotionally distressed or suicidal can call Samaritans for help on 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org in the UK.
Podcast Producer: Rosie Gillott
Editor: Philly Beaumont
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| 1:00.0 | Welcome to the Sky News Daily, Neil Patterson here, and a warning that we are going to be discussing |
| 1:05.3 | the end of life, suicide and assisted dying, so you might not want the kids listening. And if you are affected by any |
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| 1:20.0 | We're actually in Westminster today. Later this week, MPs are set to vote on a bill legalising |
| 1:26.0 | assisted dying. The terminally ill adult end-of-life |
| 1:29.4 | bill would allow people to end their own life with medical assistance if two doctors say they |
| 1:34.9 | have six months or less to live. The law would apply in England and Wales, but a similar bill is |
| 1:39.9 | being discussed in Scotland and we are by no means the first country to look at introducing a system |
| 1:45.8 | like this. Ashish Joshy is Sky's health correspondent and freshly returned from Canada about which |
| 1:52.2 | more in just a second. Good to see, Ashish. Yeah, you too, Neil. Let's just talk about the bill |
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