Terminal Thoughts
A weekly reflection on a topical issue. Will Self wants to 'nudge society in the direction of considering suicide acceptable' when the alternative is a slow and painful end.
Will Self wants to "nudge society in the direction of considering suicide acceptable" when the alternative is a slow and painful end. "I don't say any of these things idly," he writes, "like many of us in middle age, my last few years have been heavily marked by an increasing awareness of both my own mortality and that of those who I love."
Producer: Sheila Cook.
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A Point of View: The biggest decision
A personal essay on a particularly controversial issue by the writer Will Self, arguing that we should accept the right of people nearing the end of their lives to take matters into their own hands if they wish.
Broadcasts
- Fri 11 Jan 201320:50BBC Radio 4
- Sun 13 Jan 201308:50BBC Radio 4
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A Point of View
A weekly reflection on a topical issue.
