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David Aaronovitch presents in-depth explainers on big issues in the news.

David Aaronovitch and a panel of experts and insiders present in-depth explainers on big issues in the news.

David Aaronovitch and a panel of experts and insiders present in-depth explainers on big issues in the news

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The Briefing Room: What can the UK learn from other countries about assisted dying?

14/12/2023

What can the UK learn from other countries about assisted dying?

BBC Radio 4 - The Briefing Room, What can the UK learn from other countries about assisted dying?

What is and isn’t allowed in the UK and what could we learn from other countries?

David Aaronovitch examines the experience of countries that allow euthanasia or assisted dying and asks what UK could learn from them.

Euthanasia is illegal in the UK. All attempts to change the law have failed. 

Other countries have legalised Assisted Dying and/or Euthanasia.  In this week’s Briefing Room with David Aaronovitch we find 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

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