And often just enough to let someone with a weak constitution drift off gently into that good night when they’re ready.
It’s one of those unstated aspects of it. It’s not “assisted suicide,” but they’ll hook you up with a PCA pump of morphine alongside scheduled doses of potentially more powerful painkillers that will help you fall asleep and never wake up.
Unless you’re in a “right to die” region and have jumped through all the hoops, they can’t administer a lethal injection of a substance simply intended to kill. But they can administer enough pain medication to kill a horse. They’ll give as much as needed to ensure comfort, which takes priority over organ failure and risk of death, since that is already a bygone conclusion.
And often just enough to let someone with a weak constitution drift off gently into that good night when they’re ready.
It’s one of those unstated aspects of it. It’s not “assisted suicide,” but they’ll hook you up with a PCA pump of morphine alongside scheduled doses of potentially more powerful painkillers that will help you fall asleep and never wake up.
Unless you’re in a “right to die” region and have jumped through all the hoops, they can’t administer a lethal injection of a substance simply intended to kill. But they can administer enough pain medication to kill a horse. They’ll give as much as needed to ensure comfort, which takes priority over organ failure and risk of death, since that is already a bygone conclusion.