It isn't uncommon for medical personnel to give terminally ill patients large enough doses of morphine that the morphine probably hastens death. In most cases, hastening death is not the purpose, but a side effect. The key here is the words "die in agony." There are two parts: "die" and "in agony." Giving them enough morphine so that they weren't in agony might well mean that the patients would die.
I'd be astonished if some of this didn't happen in those medical facilities that actually had enough morphine. The only thing that shocks me is that anyone would talk about it (if in fact someone did).
Both my parents died while comatose as much from morphine as from their conditions. I say morphine is a blessing.
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Date: 2005-09-13 08:34 pm (UTC)I'd be astonished if some of this didn't happen in those medical facilities that actually had enough morphine. The only thing that shocks me is that anyone would talk about it (if in fact someone did).
Both my parents died while comatose as much from morphine as from their conditions. I say morphine is a blessing.