[tpanther]

Pain management is one thing but hallucinogenic drugs?

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We in hospice use ativan to take the edge off and morphine to decrease pain and suffering with great success, but if a gigantic purple hairy clown with razor sharp teeth sprang out of the wall to eat you...I don’t see how this “enhances” a little ole 90 year old lady’s “dying experience”.

Liberals....GOD deliver us!

[Pure Country]

Isn't a morphine drip really a form of assisted death? I have watched two friends whose families had the morphine drip administered. It put them into what I would call an induced coma and slowed the heart rate down and then their death was more peaceful for the family. Isn't this a type of assisted death? I know one family that is struggling with having administered this drug and feeling very responsible for their father's death.

I just want to know what someone in the health field says. Thanks.