In this conversation, Assisted Lab’s Vanessa Rampton speaks to former Lab member and author Joe Wood about his article ‘How Different Countries Approach Assisted Dying: Autonomy, Agency, and the Slippery Slope’, published in Peter Torres Fremlin’s online platform Disability Debrief <https://www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/countries-approach-assisted-dying/>. The discussion touches on disability politics and assisted dying, the differences between academic and personal writing, and the nuances and complexities of agency across identities, languages, and cultures. Joe’s book Cicely Saunders and Total Pain: Holism, Narrative and Silence at the End of Life was recently published by Edinburgh University Press <https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-cicely-saunders-and-total-pain.html>.