[Ben Mugged]

Was your father in hospice? It is my understanding that when the pain becomes too much to bear, that it was common practice for doctors to give an extra amount of morphine - enough to cause the person to die of what appears to be just the body giving out.

Thank you. No, my father was in the VA hospital in Tampa.

[Chickensoup]

Thank you. No, my father was in the VA hospital in Tampa.





VA medicine isnt the best medicine.

Normally, outside the medical education circles such as the VA or other teaching hospitals, people are well medicated for pain, and no one cares about life shortening effects.

When one is in the VA hospitals or in teaching hospitals, one is often assigned to be some med student, intern or firt year resident's lab rat. It is a good experience for the student and it is awful for the patient and family.

Never go to die in a teaching hospital, get transfered immediatiely. Always know who is working on your loved one.