This is a really different episode for me. My Mum died in 2018, soon after I'd posted my second ever video to the internet. She had a horrible final year of life, consumed by anxiety and fear about how she would die, having been diagnosed with an incurable terminal disease. I explore the arguments for and against Assisted Dying, both as a son who cared for his mother through a horrible disease, and as a doctor.

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The BMJ's section on Assisted Dying: https://www.bmj.com/assisted-dying (lots of pieces contained therein)

UK Parliament Briefing https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/POST-PB-0047/POST-PB-0047.pdf

Article about Graham Mansfield https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jul/22/man-who-killed-his-wife-in-act-of-love-calls-for-assisted-dying-law

Concerns about Canadian slippery slope and social provisions https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/11/canada-cases-right-to-die-laws

Links

Dignity in Dying https://www.dignityindying.org.uk

Assisted Dying Coalition Www.assisteddying.org

https://www.mydeath-mydecision.org.uk

My article that I mentioned about DNR and disability https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/views-from-the-nhs-frontline/2016/may/09/good-death-should-doctors-patients-last-life-goal

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