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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Daniel Boffey

RARE PHOTOS: Assisted dying around the world where and when it is allowed - The Real Truth

Esther Rantzen
Esther Rantzen has joined Dignitas, a Swiss organisation that provides physician-assisted suicide. Photograph: Millie Pilkington/the Guardian

The broadcaster and Silver Line founder Esther Rantzen has said she has considered the option of assisted dying if her ongoing lung cancer treatment does not improve her condition, adding that she had joined the Swiss organisation Dignitas, which offers physician-assisted suicide. Here we take a look at the policies of other countries.

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