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World Service,10 mins

Assisted Dying

Analysis Archive

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Few states currently permit euthanasia. But the number is growing and a recent legal ruling will force the government in the UK to clarify if it's ever permissible to help someone end their own life. Vincent Dowd asks if attitudes to euthanasia are changing.

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