by the dignity in dying campaign, i think called last rights terrible stories of what goes on in this country. now, every time i operated, there was a risk i d make things worse. i mean, that is the nature of medicine it is uncertain. and it s almost you have an essentially utilitarian ethic will more people benefit than will suffer? and you apply that ethic even to the process of assisted dying? yes, i think you have to. so, in some cases, somebody could be assisted to die in circumstances which, upon reflection, were wrong. ithink. a mistake. yes. that s horrible. no, that is the nature of medicine. you know, you can never be certain. and in retrospect, you may say, well, that wasn t right at the time. but even then. you know, there is no evidence that this is a significant problem in the many countries where this is possible. and the idea that this is kind of suicide on request. in canada, for instance the law s only come into action recently if you request assisted dy
where the assisted dying was granted on the grounds of intractable depression and mental illness you can design your legislation so you don t have it. you know, you ll say you cannot get assisted dying if the diagnosis is fundamentally a psychiatric one. but there have been extremely vexing court cases in both the netherlands and belgium. one or two, one or two. but it only takes one or two to plant the idea that, actually, it sounds. the way you describe it, it sounds so simple, so clear cut. it s not. in fact, in the real world, it s not. it s not clear cut. but, in the real world, a lot of people have very miserable deaths. you only have to read the book published recently by the dignity in dying campaign, i think called last rights terrible stories of what goes on in this country. now, every time i operated, there was a risk i d make things worse. i mean, that is the nature of medicine it is uncertain. and it s almost you have an essentially utilitarian ethic will more peo
where the assisted dying was granted on the grounds of intractable depression and mental illness. you can design your legislation so you don t have it. you know, you ll say you cannot get assisted dying if the diagnosis is fundamentally a psychiatric one. but there have been extremely vexing court cases in both the netherlands and belgium. one or two, one or two. but it only takes one or two to plant the idea that, actually, it sounds. the way you describe it, it sounds so simple, so clear cut. it s not. in fact, in the real world, it s not. it s not clear cut. but, in the real world, a lot of people have very miserable deaths. you only have to read the book published recently by the dignity in dying campaign, i think called last rights terrible stories of what goes on in this country. now, every time i operated, there was a risk i d make things worse. i mean, that is the nature of medicine it is uncertain. and it s almost you have an essentially utilitarian ethic will more peop