[Lmo56]

In my opinion, my father was drugged to death with morphine. I also had an uncle die the day he was given morphine in a hospice. When I questioned this, I was told I was in the wrong. This is an issue that needs debated, and patients needs to make their wishes clear to their families BEFORE they become so ill they can't make their own choices. It happens all the time, and it's wrong.

Same thing happened to my Uncle, I suspect ...

Got a call from my Aunt on a Saturday saying that the end was near. Drove my Mom 3 hours from MD to Jersey on Sunday. Was shocked when we saw him - totally out of it with a morphine drip. Spent about 4 hours with him and the family at his side, the nurse came in and adjusted the drip like three times. Then had to drive back to MD.

By the time I got my Mom to her house, we got a call from my Aunt that he was gone ...

I never questioned my Aunt about it - and never will. But still, it haunts me ...

[PilotDave]

Hospice changes things legally. Basically, when somebody is enrolled into hospice they are pre filling out the death cert. When a non-hospice patient dies there is an investigation into cause of death by coroner. When you die from hospice, no investigation. Straight to the funeral home. Also, the first thing the hospice workers do is collect the morphine. Bottom line, it’s a legal way to check out with morphine because there will be no toxicology report. Shhh secret!