Professor David Albert Jones:

The statement that I made verbally is what I would prefer to hold my view. This goes to something several people have said. It is really important to respect people's ability to refuse treatment and that is because of the importance of consent. Consent is about what we allow to be done to us. It applies at the end of life - it applies to the whole of life - and it applies to medical care in particular. If the doctor is going to do something to me, they need my consent to do so and I can refuse. I can refuse for good reasons or bad reasons. They are my reasons and the doctor is restrained by them. However, if the doctor wishes to give me treatment, he or she should give treatment that the doctor thinks is in my best interest.

That is why it is a different thing.