it helps her and harms no one. >> brown: very breast last word, dr -- brief last word, dr. byock, please. >> i think brittany could have those same poignant movements with palliative care. while not being coerced, she's being exploit by compassionate choices as well as the media's insatiable appetite for sensationalism. i wonder if her life will still feel worth living on november 1st. will she feel compelled to end her life in order to meet the public's expectations. i really worry for this woman who is vulnerable and going through a wrenching time in life. frankly i wish her all the r be. >> brown: all right. a very large discussion. thank you both very much. ira brick anira byock and barbas lee. thank you both. >> thank you. >> ifill: next, what makes food taste salty or bitter? what makes you want to eat more? scientists are trying to digest the secrets of flavor. hari sreenivasan has this report from minnesota. >> sreenivasan: when people go out to eat at restaurants like this neighborhood bistro in st. paul, they might be mindful of how much they're eating, or how much butt

. >> ira byock: anything we can do to just make this day a little better for you? >> cooper: dr. k is a dartmouth professor and head of the providence health care system's institute for human caring. he's been nationally recognized for his efforts to provide terminally ill patients with better care. but he is strongly opposed to laws like oregon's. >> ira byock: there's certain things that people aren't supposed to do to one another, as absolutes. they are not okay. doctors killing patients is not okay. >> cooper: but shouldn't people have the ability to... to determine the... when their life is no longer worth living? >> byock: you know, when a physician is involved in a suicide, it's a social action. and if you want to look at the societies like belgium and... and netherlands, well, nowadays, people who have just lost interest in living, or are clinically depressed, are being euthanized legally. >> is there anything you can say, barbara? >> cooper: barbara mancini was released on bail, but she was forced to take an unpaid leave from her job as an e.r. nurse. the case against her

dr. ira byock of the providence institute for human caring.key macintyre, what do you think of what the doctor had to say? guest: well, first i would say, has a on and choices full range of care and as we believe with the doctor that a good care and hospice register meant at the end of life is the gold standard for how we would like to see people at the end have peaceful and controlled lives but there are those whose pain and suffering cannot be mitigated and/or don't wish to go through sedation which is process doctors use to induce a coma in an individual and then they remove food and fluid and wait for either the disease or dehydration to end the person's life. and while they are in the coma, i mean, literature from anesthesiologists shows we don't know what kind of pain or suffering they are in and they can often be in that coma for two weeks or months and often don't have the ability to come out of that coma if they wish. with aided dying which is what we refer to it as, the individual has the opportunity up until the very moment of gesti