08| Remember Me | The middle of the air
About this episode
The episode explores the emotional journey of a friend supporting another facing terminal illness and the implications of voluntary assisted dying.
If a friend sent you a farewell text, saying she was planning to end her life, what would you do? Jennie’s response was to go and sing with Nia and promise to tell her story. Nia has scleroderma, her skin and lungs have hardened over the last 20 years, the pain and discomfort has now become unbearable. But thanks to the Voluntary Assisted Dying laws that Nia helped establish she will have the death she hopes for.
People in this episode
Guest: Nia
Topics covered
- mental health
- scleroderma
- voluntary assisted dying
- friendship
- end of life
Keywords
- farewell text
- scleroderma
- pain
- death
- Voluntary Assisted Dying laws
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Voluntary Assisted Dying, ABC Australia
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