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Euthanasia must be distinguished from the withholding or withdrawing of medically futile or burdensome treatment.
The most accurate predictors of a persistent request for euthanasia are not related to physical pain but to depression accompanied by feelings of hopelessness and/or a sense of social isolation.
I am firmly against euthanasia because it is not physical suffering that guides the desire to die but a moment of discouragement, feeling like a burden … All those who ask to die are mostly looking for love. - Maryannick Pavageau - suffers from locked-in syndrome for 30 years
A person in pain constitutes a medical crisis not a reason for euthanasia.

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Insight: Euthanasia - Choice or Slippery Slope? - Alex Perrottet, Radio New Zealand (October 2017).
Baroness the Professor Ilora Finlay - Radio interview with Mark Sainsbury, Radio New Zealand (June 2017).
‘Dying Well’ - A panel discussion hosted by Hon Paul Foster-Bell (June 2017). Panel: Baroness the Professor Ilora Finlay, Robert Preston, Maryan Street, Professor Andrew Geddis, Dr Andrew Butler.
Euthanasia Q+A with Baroness Ilora Finlay and Robert Preston - Mic Series 08, Maxim Institute (June 2017).
Baroness the Professor Ilora Finlay - Radio interview with Kim Hill, Radio New Zealand (August 2012).
Ethics and Euthanasia: A Debate that Never Dies - A video debate including right-to-die advocate Dr Philip Nitschke and leading Australian ethicist Dr Bernadette Tobin (July 2012).
‘Voluntary Euthanasia: Murder or Mercy?’ - Panel discussion, Museum of City and Sea public forum (May 2012). Panel: Dr Grant Morris (talk), Paul Russell (talk), Janet Marsland (talk), Anna MacLennan (talk), Question Time.
Euthanasia and assisted suicide: A discussion we need to have, Panel Discussion and Question Time - Open Forum, Centre for Theology and Public Issues Otago University (April 2012). Panel: Professor Sean Davison, Hon. Maryan Street, MP, Professor Grant Gillett, Dr John Kleinsman, Associate Professor Colin Gavaghan.
Euthanasia: An ethical and legal crossroad.