BROADCASTER Humphrys and experienced GP Jarvis examine the issues of living well/dying well and the rights of people over the manner and timing of the death in age when more people than ever before are living longer than ever.
We should not just sit back and accept the final indignities, and they stress that there is so much that can be done both practically and philosophically to prepare ourselves.
Euthanasia yes, or euthanasia no, we all should have the right to decide the way we go.
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