| A Matter of Life and Death: Assisted Suicide in Australia |
In Australia's Northern Territory, four people died under the "Rights of the Terminally Ill Act," which was in effect from July 1996- March 1997, before the Federal Parliament overturned the law. It was the first of its kind in the world. In our show, we meet John Graham, a fervent supporter of the rights of the terminally ill to end their own lives, and a terminally ill person himself. On John's bad days, he spends most of his time just catching his breath. This is his story, and the story of assisted suicide in one part of Australia, told by John himself and by doctors and politicians.
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Programs by Michael Lutsky
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