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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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Sun 13 Jan 2013 08:50

A Point of View: The biggest decision

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.

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  • Fri 11 Jan 2013 20:50
  • Sun 13 Jan 2013 08:50

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