well, my guest today is a doctor who believes in assisted dying, and it is personalfor henry marsh, a leading brain surgeon who has an advanced form of cancer. should death ever be the desired outcome for a doctor? henry marsh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you received a cancer diagnosis last year so i think i have to begin by asking, how are you? well, i m pretty well, all things considered. and as a doctor, of course, i know how bad things can be. i was diagnosed a year ago now with what s called advanced prostate cancer not necessarily terminal, but it s spread beyond the prostate. and my psa, which is a marker of the severity of a disease, and the probability of recurrence and ultimate death was very high 130. only 5% of men have a psa as high as that. so, obviously, this was deeply upsetting and shocking at the time. and i ve been having to come to terms with it since then. it s quite a long and complicated story. as a doctor, of course, i spend all my life livi
welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. doctors take an oath to do no harm . we trust them we have to to do all in their power to diagnose and treat us and, if they possibly can, make us better. but sometimes they can t. what should doctors do when confronted with terminal illness that brings with it great suffering? well, my guest today is a doctor who believes in assisted dying, and it is personal for henry marsh, a leading brain surgeon who has an advanced form of cancer. should death ever be the desired outcome for a doctor? henry marsh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you received a cancer diagnosis last year so i think i have to begin by asking, how are you? well, i m pretty well, all things considered. and as a doctor, of course, i know how bad things can be. i was diagnosed a year ago now with what s called advanced prostate cancer not necessarily terminal, but it s spread beyond the prostate. and my psa, which is a marker of the severity of a disease, and t
now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. doctors take an oath to do no harm . we trust them we have to to do all in their power to diagnose and treat us, and, if they possibly can, make us better. but sometimes they can t. what should doctors do when confronted with terminal illness that brings with it great suffering? well, my guest today is a doctor who believes in assisted dying, and it is personal for henry marsh, a leading brain surgeon who has an advanced form of cancer. should death ever be the desired outcome for a doctor? henry marsh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you received a cancer diagnosis last year so i think i have to begin by asking, how are you? well, i m pretty well, all things considered. and as a doctor, of course, i know how bad things can be. i was diagnosed a year ago now with what s called advanced prostate cancer not necessarily terminal, but it s spread beyond the prostate. and my psa, which is a
well, my guest today is a doctor who believes in assisted dying, and it is personalfor henry marsh, a leading brain surgeon who has an advanced form of cancer. should death ever be the desired outcome for a doctor? henry marsh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you received a cancer diagnosis last year so i think i have to begin by asking, how are you? well, i m pretty well, all things considered. and as a doctor, of course, i know how bad things can be. i was diagnosed a year ago now with what s called advanced prostate cancer not necessarily terminal, but it s spread beyond the prostate. and my psa, which is a marker of the severity of a disease, and the probability of recurrence and ultimate death was very high 130. only 5% of men have a psa as high as that. so, obviously, this was deeply upsetting and shocking at the time. and i ve been having to come to terms with it since then. it s quite a long and complicated story. as a doctor, of course, i spend all my life livi