The UK government is debating legislation to allow assisted dying in England and Wales, which puts doctors at the forefront of deciding if their patient will be eligible for a medically assisted death - the key criteria being a 6 month prognosis. But is making a 6 month prognosis actually clinically reliable?
To discuss we're joined by a panel of experts on end of life;
- Scott Murray, emeritus professor of primary palliative care at the University of Edinburgh
- Simon Etkind, assistant professor of palliative care at the University of Cambridge
- Nancy Preston, professor of supportive and palliative care, Lancaster University
- Suzanne Ost, professor of law, Lancaster University
Reading list
Assisted dying and the difficulties of predicting end of life
Breaching the stalemate on assisted dying: it’s time to move beyond a medicalised approach
Also in this episode, we dim the lights and raise the curtains - there is a public fascination with doctors who kill and the stage show turned podcast, ‘An Appointment with Murder’, takes a deep dive into the crimes of GPs John Bodkin-Adams and Harold Shipman.
Kamran is joined by Harry Brunjes and Andrew Johns to talk medical murder.
An Appointment With Murder on Apple Podcasts
