Medicine, Ethics and Law seminar w/b 1st May 2017

1.Watch the following BBC documentary and come to the seminar prepared to
discuss the ethical and legal issues raised therein.

BBC Documentary How to Die: Simons Choice broadcast in February

2016 and available on http://sockshare.net/watch/qvo6jJdl-how-to-die-simon-s-
choice.html

How to Die: Simon's Choice - BBC

Two

www.bbc.co.uk

Simon is a successful businessman

with a loving family and a large
circle of friends whose world falls
apart when he is diagnosed with an
aggressive form ...

2. Read the following Supreme Court Judgment and come to the seminar
prepared to explain and critically comment upon the SC's ruling in these joined
cases.

R (on the application of Nicklinson and another) (Appellants) v Ministry of

Justice (Respondent); R (on the application of AM) (AP) (Respondent) v The
Director of Public Prosecutions (Appellant); R (on the application of AM) (AP)
(Respondent) v The Director of Public Prosecutions (Appellant) [2014] UKSC
38.

https://www.supremecourt.uk/decided-
cases/docs/uksc_2013_0235_judgment.pdf