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The Spark: Henry Marsh and terminal illness

Henry Marsh and terminal illness

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Helen Lewis meets people offering radical solutions to the big problems of our times.

Helen Lewis interviews people offering solutions for our times. Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh discusses how the law should deal with terminal illness, as he comes to terms with his own.

Helen Lewis returns with a new series of interviews with people offering radical solutions to the big problems we face, and explores how their personal experiences drive their work and thinking.

Neurosurgeon and author Henry Marsh tells Helen about coming to terms with being diagnosed with cancer, and how it has informed his ideas about how we deal with terminal illness. They discuss the case for assisted dying, and the changes to the law that Marsh advocates.

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