Bad deaths scar families forever

what terminally ill people want you to know about assisted dying

For patients like Maddie Cowey, who was 18 when she was diagnosed with incurable cancer, the stakes of the debate couldn’t be higher. Photographer Alicia Canter spent four months capturing people facing the end, and bereaved relatives desperate to see the law change – even if it will be too late for some. Interviews by Gabrielle Schwarz

Sat 26 Jul 2025 12.38 BST

“Knowing there might be an alternative brings relief and hope”

- Maddie Cowey


 
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