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Assisted Dying: Should it be legalised?
Our medical editor Fergus Walsh speaks to two people with terminal conditions and opposing views.
Should assisted dying for terminally ill in England and Wales be legalised?
It's a controversial and complex topic 鈥� legally, morally and ethically 鈥� and one which MPs will now begin to scrutinise.
A landmark bill on assisted dying has just been published. To be eligible, adults must have mental capacity to make an informed choice and be expected to die within six months.
The decisions have to be approved by two doctors and a High Court judge.
For this episode of the 5 Minutes On podcast, our medical editor Fergus Walsh has been talking to two people with terminal conditions and opposing views.
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