{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/35669120-6056-4c38-8f33-80df7112e8df/6852de57002f9da49afda144?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":" My mother, my best friend and my misdiagnosis","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba0e441a8cbeb3393cf13c/1750261149009-4861e164-c15b-47e8-97f3-53532f144aeb.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Decca Aitkenhead was nine when a GP risked jail to help her mother to die. Years later she watched her best friend succumb to the slow torture of Huntington's disease, and for a few days she found herself confronting her own death. She tells Jane Mulkerrins how those experiences have shaped her views on assisted dying.&nbsp;</p><p><em>This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: </em><a href=\"http://thetimes.com/thestory\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>http://thetimes.com/thestory</em></a></p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> Decca Aitkenhead, Chief Interviewer, The Sunday Times.</p><p><strong>Host:</strong> Jane Mulkerrins.</p><p><strong>Producer: </strong>Edward Drummond.</p><p><strong>Further reading: </strong><a href=\"https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/assisted-dying-bill-law-decca-aitkenhead-hwgqbmhmg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">I was 9 when a GP risked jail to help mum die. The law must change</a></p><p><strong>Further listening: </strong><a href=\"https://pod.fo/e/2887c6\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The debate about death that split the country</a></p><p><strong>Clips: </strong>ITV/Concord Media, Parliament.</p><p><strong>Photo:</strong> Decca Aitkenhead.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Get in touch:</strong> <a href=\"mailto:thestory@thetimes.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">thestory@thetimes.com</a></p>","author_name":"The Times"}