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What is your reason for wanting an assisted death? I might say, “I want an assisted death because I live alone, I have a terminal illness and there is literally nothing for me for the next month or week except not feeling great. The pain is dealt with, but I just cannot bear it”. You speak to a preliminary doctor, a co-ordinating doctor, an independent doctor; you are offered an appointment to take it up with palliative care, but you are terminally ill and just do not want those next few months. Should you be allowed an assisted death in those circumstances, even though the prime driver may be what your life is like in that respect? I say yes.