§ Lord Lester of Herne Hillasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the answers given by Baroness Jay of Paddington on 3 July 1997 (H.L. Deb., cols. 298–301) whether they intend the reference to "suffering" to include severe distress resulting from a well founded fear by a terminally ill patient that he will die in inhuman and degrading circumstances unless given medication.
§ Baroness Jay of PaddingtonThe assessment of suffering of a patient and the appropriate therapeutic action in response to that suffering is a matter for clinical judgment, within the context of the law. I refer the noble Lord to the reply 1 gave on 16 July at columnsWA 112–113.