Channel 4 follows television chef and prominent 'assisted dying' advocate Prue Leith on a journey to North America with her MP son, Danny Kruger, Chair of the All-Party Dying Well Group.
The assisted suicide law supposedly limited by a six-month prognosis now sees patients outlive this by five years, with individual doctors writing lethal prescriptions on a weekly basis.
The 24th annual report on assisted suicide in Oregon has been framed to ward off difficult questions, but only lays bare how much they don’t know about assisted suicide in practice.
The American state's assisted suicide law, which demands prognoses of six months or less, sees patients live for more than four years between request and death, with 'terminal diseases' including 'complications from a fall'
Assisted suicide numbers continue to rise in Oregon, with over half* citing fear of being a burden as a reason for ending their lives, as lawmakers consider widening eligibility
In the year British MPs rejected the practice, assisted suicide in Washington rose to its highest level and was characterised by the youngest participant; shortened doctor-patient relationships; and the rise of financial pressure as a factor
