At least three people from Britain are known to have died at Dignitas who were not suffering from terminal illness and that is something which Ms Close is deeply uncomfortable with.
The walks prompted vivid memories which he included in his blog Walking on Planet C whichis a frank and often uncomfortable account of life in the shadow of a potentially fatal illness.
All needs which can only be fulfilled through sometimes-uncomfortable conversations, in which we share openly what is happening to us and engage authentically with what is going on for others.