As a doctor, I’m trained to preserve life, not end it
Letters:Chula Goonasekerahighlights several critical issues that need to be taken into account with assisted dying legislation. Plus letters fromJonathan Haydn-WilliamsandEric Foxley
A price worth paying for a dignified death
Letters:Anne Heaton,Elsbeth ChristieandEmma Taitreact to the health secretary’s warning that legalising assisted dying would divert funds from the NHS
Letters:Pury Sharifisaystick boxes cannot measure continuity and compassion, whileAlison Vaspesays naming and shaming is not the answer. Plus a letter fromSue Stephenson
A vital health check is bypassing the people most in need
Letter:Take the ‘midlife MOT’ to the people, especially those in deprived and ethnic-minority communities, who are more likely to develop heart disease, writesDr Jahangir Alom
Inequality in the arts is not new
Brief letters
Why we just can’t wait to stop procrastinating
Observer letters
In Donald Trump, the morality of civil society has been abandoned
Estrangement from a child is like a never-ending bereavement
Letters:Readers respond to an article by Gaby Hinsliff told from people on both sides of family rifts, and share their own experiences
Voluntary registers and regulation in psychotherapy
Letters:Jon Levettnotes the importance of checking a therapist’s credentials and the action that can be taken, whileStephanie Calmansays it would be useful to have one official licensing and regulation body
Covid is no laughing matter when it continues to hurt so many
Samantha Harvey’s Orbital and the fragility of Earth
The crown should consider the restitution of cultural artefacts
