In the United Kingdom, assisted suicide is illegal. But in Switzerland, a non-profit organisation called Dignitas provides assisted death to those suffering from terminal illness, or severe physical or mental illnesses who choose to be in control of the ways their lives end. When the mother of Solomon Grey's Joe Wilson was diagnosed with terminal cancer and given three months to live, the family chose to take her to Dignitas, where she ended her life.In this short film, we hear from Joe about his relationship with his mother, what it was like in her final moments and the experience of taking her to Dignitas. "Watching her drink a vial of liquid and fall asleep in my arms and for me say 'goodbye, I love you,' it was a total different experience from her dying from the brain tumour," he explains. "It was really lovely to be able to do that and for her to be happy with that option." In the end, his mother's assisted suicide helped to inspire Solomon Grey's album Human Music.Watch him talk about the experience above.You can find Noisey on Twitter.
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