30 Mar 2021

Euthanasia: Palliative care experts say country unprepared

From Morning Report, 8:16 am on 30 March 2021

Palliative care experts want answers on euthanasia, saying the country is woefully unprepared to introduce assisted dying at the end of this year.

They're calling for legal advice on what to say to patients requesting it - but the Ministry of Health has not yet provided any.

Also in question are the ethical challenges of when euthanasia procedures fail.

Palliative care professor Rod MacLeod spoke to Susie Ferguson.