Euthanasia
Feature interview - Daniel Diaz
Daniel Diaz made his wife a promise just before doctors helped her end her own life. Brittany Maynard had terminal brain cancer. The couple moved from California to Oregon so she could legally choose… Audio
Euthanasia poll
Research NZ has the results of two polls on euthanasia. They were conducted before and after the death of high profile assisted dying advocate Lecretia Seales. Audio
What do doctors do when faced with patients who are dying?
A just released article in the New Zealand Medical journal is exploring what actions GPs take in end of life medical care. It found a small number of doctors give patients drugs with the express… Audio
Nearly 12 percent of GPs surveyed have helped patients die
A survey of GPs has found nearly 12 percent of those questioned have helped a terminally ill and suffering patient to die. The magazine New Zealand Doctor and IMS FaxHealth polled doctors on their… Audio
Anti-euthanasia group urges inquiry caution
Members of parliament's health select committee are waiting on official advice on how they could proceed with an inquiry into assisted dying. The committee has agreed to hold an inquiry after… Audio
Legal commentator Ryan Malone
Following the Lecretia Seales case on assisted dying, the government has said it will support an inquiry but any law change would have to be via a private members bill. Public law expert, Ryan Malone… Audio
Parliamentary inquiry on euthanasia looks more likely
Parliament's Justice and Electoral committee looks likely to consider holding an inquiry into euthanasia, but its members are already clearly split. Audio
John Key, has repeated support for a review of euthanasia
The Prime Minister, John Key, has repeated his support for a review of euthanasia. Audio
Arguments for the right to die
But the Voluntary Euthanasia Society has told the High Court that the Lecretia Seales case is about her doctor prescribing medication, for the purpose of relieving her suffering. Audio
Court told disabled and elderly at risk
The High Court's been told the disabled and elderly people would be at risk if a terminally ill woman is allowed to enlist her doctor's help to die, without fear of prosecution. Audio
Anti-euthanasia campaigner - changing the law is wrong for NZ
Dr Kevin Yuill is an anti-euthanasia author and campaigner visiting from the UK. Audio
A woman's fight to die goes to court
The lawyer for a woman fighting for the right to die with her doctor's help fears the case may get bogged down and take up time his client doesn't have. Audio
Euthanasia
A terminally ill Wellington woman's High Court case for the right to die is becoming a test case for special interest groups. Audio
Euthanasia poll
A Research NZ poll finds resounding support for doctors to be allowed to end patients lives. We talk to Renee Joubert from Euthanasia Free NZ. Audio
Gavin Extence on taboo subjects such as assisted suicide
British author Gavin Extence doesn't shy away from taboo subjects. His acclaimed first novel, The Universe Versus Alex Woods, centres on a teenager who helps his elderly friend end his own life. For… Audio
Death Cafés
Contributing editor at Harper's Bazaar, and writer for the Guardian, the Financial Times, the Observer, Aeon, and Prospect, discussing her article Take Me to the Death Café. Audio
Animal Behaviour - pet bereavement
Surely the hardest part of owning a pet is if you have to make the decision to have it put down because of age, illness or injury. Only owners can make that decision, with the advice of their vet… Audio
The Everydayness of Death
It's not that death is a taboo subject, it's just that we've been encouraged not to talk about it. With Dr John Troyer from the University of Bath's Centre for Death and Society. Audio
Discussing voluntary euthanasia
Ideas explores the arguments for and against euthanasia with: Dr Rodney Syme, the author of A Good Death: An Argument for Voluntary Euthanasia; Dr Sinead Donnelly a palliative care specialist who says… Audio