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
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well adhered to. i know the colleagues in my country that do this work do it carefully and conscientiously and if they get it wrong they are liable for jail. conscientiously and if they get it wrong they are liable forjail. we have been careful in the past 6.5 years. there has not been one charge against a clinician for doing this work in an abusive way or out of the system. i think there are people who are concerned about the role of government in the supply and the social needs, but that is different than the main programme. quickly before we end. than the main programme. quickly before we end. the than the main programme. quickly before we end. the canadian - before we end. the canadian government is resting about whether to go with another expansion of the parameters of assisted dying to include severe forms of mental illness. do you export support that expansion? it’s illness. do you export support that exansion? v ., illness. do you export support that exoansion? expansion