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?
The Briefing Room · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
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.