But you see you immediately call it a problem. If you are treating the pain with things such as morphine ( or even stronger drugs) then respiratory failure is ALWAYS a risk. You did not address the basic question which was how do you distinguish between the the desire to be out of pain and the desire to have life end because you know the pain ( and trust me it is excrutiating) will not end until you have ceased breathing. You treat “end stage” as if it is instantaneous and trust me it is not.
You treat “end stage” as if it is instantaneous and trust me it is not.
Your attitude is similar to that of many in the pro-death movement in which you presume that those opposed to euthanasia and assisted suicide have never experienced having a loved one die of a painful terminal illness. This is a FALSE presumption.