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Media
- 8th March - Eastern Daily
Press - Norwich woman’s bid to change the law
on assisted suicide
Jo Cartwright, co-editor of Assisted Dying: Who
Makes the Final Decision? told the Eastern Daily
Press that 'The book aims to raise awareness
about the subject of assisted dying, and comprises
a collection of stories from individuals who have
experienced assisted dying or suicide through their
loved ones, as well as debating the legal and theoretical
arguments surrounding the Assisted Dying Bill'.
Eastern
Daily Press article
- 5th March - ITV This Morning
- 'I helped my son to die'
Heather Pratten appeared on This Morning
(ITV) to tell Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby
about the devasting effect Huntington's disease had
on her family. She explains why her son Nigel decided
to end his life and how he went about it. Their story
appears in chapter five of Assisted Dying: Who
Makes the Final Decision?
This
Morning
- 4th March - Derby Telegraph
- Lizzie Love of Ashbourne shares moving story to
explain why husband took his own life
Lizzie Love's husband Neil, an ex-policeman, ended
his life at their home in Taddington, Derbyshire,
when he feared the cyst growing in his brain would
make his life unbearable. Lizzie told their very moving
story in Assisted Dying: Who Makes the
Final Decision? She talked to the Derby Telegraph
about his life and death and about the book.
Derby
Telegraph article
- 25th February - Southend
Echo - How I helped my son to die
Heather Pratten, from Rayleigh, helped her son Nigel
Goodman to die and their story appears in chapter
five of Assisted Dying: Who Makes the Final Decision?
Nigel, who suffered from Huntington’s disease,
decided to end his life at home in 2000. Heather told
the story of his death to the Southend Echo.
Southend
Echo article
- 20th February - Bucks
Examiner - Amersham author explores the controversial
question of assisted death
Amersham author Lesley Close's book, Assisted
Dying: Who Makes the Final Decision? was published
on the 12th February and includes a case study of
her experience. Lesley's brother, John, suffered from
motor neurone disease and travelled to Dignitas in
Switzerland to end his life. The book is co-edited
by Jo Cartwright, campaigns and press manager for
Dignity in Dying, a UK organisation which works to
change the law to allow the choice of assisted death
for terminally ill, mentally competent adults.
GetBucks
article
- 20th February - RSA Events
- Assisted Dying: Who Makes the Final Decision?
The RSA gathered a panel of practitioners and commentators
together to address one of the most challenging questions
of our times - Should there be a change in the law
to permit physicians and others to assist death in
terminally ill, mentally competent people who have
expressed a settled wish to die?
Speakers: Professor Raymond Tallis, philosopher, physician
and Chair of Healthcare Professionals for Assisted
Dying; Dr Kevin Yuill, senior lecturer, Faculty of
Education & History, University of Sunderland
and author of Assisted Suicide: The Liberal, Humanist
Case Against Legalization; Lesley Close, co-editor
of Assisted Dying – Who Makes the Final
Decision? The Case for Greater Choice at the
End of Life
bit.ly/1oW7y36
- 16th February - The Big
Questions, BBC1
The Big Questions was broadcast live from Leith Academy
in Edinburgh. Nicky Campbell asked: Should assisted
dying be legal? Sir Graeme Catto, Chairman of Dignity
in Dying, and Lesley Close, co-editor of Assisted
Dying: Who Makes the Final Decision? discussed
the need for a change in the law.
- 12th February - Humanist
Life
Lesley Close, co-editor of Assisted Dying: Who
Makes the Final Decision? believes everyone 'should
assert the need for individual choice in decisions
about their death'.
http://humanistlife.org.uk/2014/02/12/assisted-dying-who-makes-the-final-decision/
- 11th February - Huffpost
Impact
Jo Cartwright, Press and Campaigns Manager for Dignity
in Dying and co-editor of Assisted Dying: Who
Makes the Final Decision? explains why she supports
a change in the law.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/jo-cartwright/assisted-dying-decision_b_4765528.html
- 12th January - Al Jazeera
Jo Cartwright, co-editor of Assisted Dying: Who
Makes the Final Decision? defines Dignity in
Dying's position regarding assisted dying.
http://aje.me/1bcALkx
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