| www.euronews.com Should those suffering from incurable diseases have the right to assisted suicide? At the moment this issue varies from country to country, and some have yet to decide. Should you have the right to die with dignity? Euronews' Alex Taylor speaks to Doctor Bernard Devalois, Head of the Palliative Care Unit at the Hospital of Pontoise in France, putting forward your questions on I-talk. The first question comes from Alexandre from France: "As a Frenchman, I'm asking the question because there are a lot of discussions in France on whether we should allow assisted suicide, and the similarity between suicide and assisted suicide, and no law has been passed, either in France or Europe to harmonise the rules. To allow people to die with dignity. "So as more and more people talk about this, when will a European law be passed that will help people to die with dignity?" *Alex Taylor:* "A fundamental question. There's no agreement between different countries. What is the European position? Is there one?" *Dr Bernard Devalois:* "There is no European position as it's a complicated issue. Dying with dignity is not at all the same as assisted suicide or lethal injection. These are different things. Palliative care is to ensure that people die with dignity. In France for example there is a law on that..." *Alex Taylor:* "But why can't we have the same law in all of the countries?" *Dr Bernard Devalois:* "So I think there is already a problem to use the correct terms ... |
