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To: Secret Agent Man

Some hospices hasten death with overdoses of pain meds.

The moral principle that has existed for longest time and still works is to give as much pain medication as necessary to relieve suffering even if it secondarily hastens death.

Not morally permissible is giving more medication than necessary and causing death.


16 posted on 08/13/2015 1:20:05 AM PDT by amihow
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To: amihow

You can also blame hospitals for doing that and other things that cause death. The question is whether it is done intentionally or accidentally, w/r/t morality. Iatrogenic death kills a lot of people each year.


21 posted on 08/13/2015 11:56:29 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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