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On 17 and 18 November 2022, the event “Death, a freedom to be invented”, organised by Uni3 Geneva in partnership with the University of Geneva, the Brocher Foundation and the Geneva Museum of Ethnography (MEG), was held in Geneva. Bernard Crettaz, a Swiss sociologist well known for his work on death and for his Cafés mortels, took part in the event, and his sudden death, a few weeks later, gives a special significance to this event. His perpetual invitation to reflect on our mortal condition, in all sincerity, without complacency or pathos, constitutes a reference in French-speaking Switzerland. This nursing contribution on palliative care and assisted suicide was intended to be presented orally, as you will see from its tone. It is set in the political context of end-of-life legislation concerning palliative care and assisted suicide in the canton of Valais (Switzerland). Strongly rooted in the field, it is based on the fundamentals of palliative care (Cicely Saunders) and Care (Joan Tronto) and offers different perspectives on the concrete articulation of choices and values at the end of life. This contribution aims to engage in an open and clear discussion on this essential question: can my values, whatever they may be, on both the carer and the patient side, be exercised unilaterally, without taking the Other into account?