this is bbc news. the headlines. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. in 2021, more than 10,000 canadians died at the hands of health care professionals. thanks to the country s legalization of euthanasia. a handful of other countries have also legalized doctor assisted dying, but often with more restrictive rules. so, canada has become something of a global testing ground raised by euthanasia. my guest, dr stephanie green, is a specialist in medically assisted dying, and has overseen more than 300 deaths herself. is canada at ease with its role as assisted dying pioneer? dr stephanie green in victoria, canada. welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show, dr green. now, you are an experienced medical doctor, but your particular focus for the last few years has been offering medical assistance in dying. so, in terms of your day to dayjob, what does that actually mean you do? mostly, it means i talk to a lot of patients. practically sp
together with you broadcasting balloons. rachel: that s right. if you get a little chilly, i have a heat or here, will. will: is it on? pete: i don t know why you haven t turned it on yet. rachel: because it s been cozy. pete: have you been to the great american ballpark in cincinnati? will: no. never been to cincinnati. pete: never been? will: have you been to cincinnati? everybody acts, like, wow. pete: dial up a diner for will in cincinnati, and you ve got to have chili for breakfast. rachel: that sounds good right now. pete: on noodles. will: let s do a list of american cities by population and find the biggest city you haven t been to. want to do that? i don t think cincinnati is the biggest city we ll find out, let s do the three of us, what s the biggest american city you ve never visited? @. pete: it s going to be a small i know i ve been to all 50 states, multiple times over. will: i ve never been to. pete: i don t know if i ve been to big cities in maine. yes, i
my guest, dr stefanie green, is a specialist in medically assisted dying, and has overseen more than 300 deaths herself. is canada at ease with its role as assisted dying pioneer? dr stefanie green in victoria, canada. welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show, dr green. now, you are an experienced medical doctor, but your particular focus for the last few years has been offering medical assistance in dying. so, in terms of your day to dayjob, what does that actually mean you do? mostly, it means i talk to a lot of patients. practically speaking, what it means is i meet with families and patients who are interested in talking about their end of life choices, specifically about the possibility of an assisted death. i do a lot of education and a lot of informing patients what that is, what it isn t, what other options might be. we talk about the process, the procedure. there s a very rigorous process that needs to happen if they want to
as the body of nicola bulley is finally identified, her family criticise sections of the uk media. and real treasure from cambodia dating back a thousand years or more surfaces in london. hello and welcome to the programme. president biden has arrived in poland after an extraordinary visit to an active war zone on monday. jo biden s unannounced and surprise trip to kyiv was short on time but long on symbolism ahead of the first anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine. he said america would stand with ukraine for as long as it takes and pledged another $500 million dollars of military aid. speaking while air raid sirens were going off, president biden added that vladimir putin s war of conquest was failing. our international editor jeremy bowen has this report. the air raid alarm, as the two presidents arrived at st michael s church, where ukraine commemorates its war dead, felt too well timed to be a coincidence. with unprecedented security in kyiv, the americans had w
trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. in 2021, more than 10,000 canadians died at the hands of health care professionals. thanks to the country s legalization of euthanasia. a handful of other countries have also legalized doctor assisted dying, but often with more restrictive rules. so, canada has become something of a global testing ground for the complex ethical, medical and social issues raised by euthanasia. my guest, dr stephanie green, is a specialist in medically assisted dying, and has overseen more than 300 than 300 deaths herself. is canada at ease with its role as assisted dying pioneer? dr stephanie green in victoria, canada. welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show, dr green. now, you are an experienced medical doctor, but your particular focus for the last few years has been offering medical assistance in dying. so, in t