natashaloder

Hello! Really excited to be here and looking forward to all the questions. So I'm going to take the question about the TPP (trade discussions). So The Economist is often thought of as a Business magazine but in fact we have a front half full of international reporting that covers everything from health to politics. The back half of the magazine also has a science, technology and books and arts section. We don't see a cover as either or. Assisted suicide is an issue the magazine is interested in and decided to back it. If you are asking me why, this week, we had the results of the survey in--which is news.

Oh, that is a really good one. Um.... I would ask a question. If society thinks that he is going to escape proper punishment then one would have to refuse surely?

OK, so I do think differently from Helen who is a bit more of a softy liberal than me. I think that if death is a means to escape punishment i.e. they want it. Then they don't have that "right" as they are a prisoner.

Also in answer to your question about trust. That will depend on the doctor and the patient, surely? If I am desperate to die because I am in physical agony and my doctor could help but refuses, not much trust there for me. The doctor is supposed to heal, but if they can't heal because there isn't a cure does that mean they can't help? No. They give non-curative treatments all the time. So the role is to aid those in pain as well.

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