Assisted suicide is a poor choice of words.
Have you ever seen a death run by a doctor who is afraid to use morphine, or worse who doesn't know how? A doctor who has never heard of levsyn? A doctor who can't suppress the cough of a cancer closing off the trachea?
Teaching doctors how to use medicine even at the end of life is grossly neglected, because of misplaced fears of prosecution and lawsuits.
It's true that the same tools can be used to kill people, but so can scalpels and anesthetics.
I very much understand your point there. I've seen doctors who don't understand and can't treat chronic pain. If a few vicodin over a few days doesn't fix it they are completely lost.
"Have you ever seen a death run by a doctor who is afraid to use morphine, or worse who doesn't know how?"
Yes. My mother's. Your post is absolutely correct.