The only reason for killing a person by torture is to 'comfort' the doctor doing it. He can have the illusion the death is 'natural'. It's not - there's nothing 'natural' about being starved to death.
Doctors need to man up.
If doctors are going to kill patients they ought to have to balls to do it right - take them down to the basement and shoot them - it's less painful for the patient and a whole lot more dignified...
Not necessarily true. I know a number of doctors who routinely have to sign off on cases because they refuse to participate in the family's wishes to kill a patient. Too few physicians stand up against this growing euthanasia movement, but heirs are just as much a force in the growth of this movement as the physicians themselves. Don't underestimate the childrens' desire that the estate survive their parents' illness as a driving force in these cases.
It was clearly the primary motive for the husband in the killing of Terri Schiavo.
Did you ever notice that almost all legislation that outlaws physician assisted suicide also indemnifies from prosecution those physicians who kill their patients by withdrawal of nutrition and hydration and terminal sedation? Ever wonder at that? Then read on...