Right to choose
Those who would state “we” should suffer rather than seek a dignified end appear to overlook our human right to determine our own fate. Since patients can require “do not resuscitate” to be noted on their medical records, allowing them to fade away peacefully rather than suffering increasingly unpleasant and disruptive further treatments, there does not really seem to be too great a departure in enabling a terminal sufferer the means to make a similar choice.
Joe Darby
Cullicudden
Dingwall, Ross-shire