Quote Originally Posted by MMI View Post
On the other hand, a senior nurse at a hospice here has said, she has seen many of her patients die of terminal and debilitating conditions, and only a tiny handful have ever died in pain or distress, because the medicines they administer enable almost any amount of pain to be controlled, either by blocking the pain sensors, or by knocking the patient out. In fact, she suggested that, far from bringing the patient to an early death, it was often possible to prolong their lives a little.
Either the pain relief I've seen given was inferior to that available to her, or she was fooling herself. Beyond a certain point, you either leave people in pain or give them a fatal dose, there's no margin between. This is not theory, I've been there watching.