that we _ symptoms like these. but we consider that we respond as a society to look after patients who are in those situations, that there should be a real drive — situations, that there should be a real drive and response to excellent and high _ real drive and response to excellent and high quality relative care, better— and high quality relative care, better research for medication that can help _ better research for medication that can help these situations and the response — can help these situations and the response should not be that we help patients _ response should not be that we help patients take their lives. and the prohibition of killing is one of the fundamentals of civilisation, and it is incredibly important that we don't — is incredibly important that we don't minimise or shift from preserving life to taking life, and doctors _ preserving life to taking life, and doctors up — preserving life to taking life, and doctors up and down the country are horrified _ doctors up and down the country are horrified that it might change in this way, — horrified that it might change in this way, medicine, and that we might— this way, medicine, and that we might be — this way, medicine, and that we might be required to tell patients who are _ might be required to tell patients who are coming with a terminal diagnosis — who are coming with a terminal diagnosis to say that the state would — diagnosis to say that the state would help them to take their own life. would help them to take their own life it _ would help them to take their own life. it devalues ordinary, frail huntan— life. it devalues ordinary, frail human life, and we're not prepared to do— human life, and we're not prepared to do that — human life, and we're not prepared to do that. 1, ., ,, human life, and we're not prepared todothat. ., ,, ~ to do that. baroness meacher, the oint is to do that. baroness meacher, the point is that _ to do that. baroness meacher, the point is that in _ to do that. baroness meacher, the point is that in a _ to do that. baroness meacher, the point is that in a civilised - point is that in a civilised society, everything is about