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Silent Witness star Liz Carr reveals doctor's chilling comment about the 500 patients she helped die


In BBC documentary Better Off Dead? Liz Carr meets a Canadian doctor who has assisted the suicide of 500 patients - and is shocked by the medic's attitude to death

airs on Tuesday 14 May, 9pm, on BBC One and iPlayer (Image: Linda Nylind / Guardian / eyevine) Read MoreRelated Articles Death in Paradise's new star Don Gilet's life off-screen from famous ex to co-star bond Liz meets Amir Farsoud, who has a severe disability, and whose application for assisted suicide was approved even though he claims he told doctors he was applying for it because his benefits would no longer cover his housing costs and he feared homelessness. Liz Carr discovers from her mum's diaries that she herself was a suicidal teenager (Image: BBC / Burning Bright Productions Ltd)The petition recently debated in Parliament argued that “terminally ill people who are mentally sound and near the end of their lives should not suffer unbearably against their will”.

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