[AnAmericanMother]

I watched my mother die a slow death from cancer. Her oncologists here and at M.D. Anderson moved mountains and bought her a year, but could not defeat it.

The hospice - a splendid group of physicians and nurses - provided the best possible care, with carefully measured medications that provided relief from pain without impacting her cognitive functions. She was able to visit with her friends, make her farewells, participate in a communion service that was held in her room, and die with true dignity a natural death in which neither family nor physicians played god.

The plural of anecdote is not data, but my experience is just as valid as yours.

[lepton]

One should also consider that what most who are intent on euthanasia are actually suffering from is depression. If treated for that, most lose interest in offing themselves regardless of the physical pain.