General Article Assisted dying debate: ‘My husband begged me to help him die’

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By Kirsteen Paterson

Liz Wilson knows love, and she knows death. She went through both with her husband Craig, who died in a hospice less than a year ago.

The stay-at-home dad, 45, died in December after an aggressive form of cancer spread through his body, robbing him of almost all functions in his final days.

All he had left at the end was pain, thirst and love for his family.

Liz, from Cumbernauld, said: ‘We didn’t want Craig to go. He loved his life, he loved his daughter, but palliative ...

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