>If your first statement is false, how many deathbed conversions are thwarted by terminal sedation?<
Why are you having difficulty understanding that giving a person morphine at the end of their life is not “terminal sedation?” Why do you want people to hurt and be uncomfortable when they don’t have to be? I find those who are so opposed to pain meds haven’t had enough pain to need them, yet.
Morphine is not some boogy man drug. It is very effective at quick pain relief, but it is also short lived. Within 2-3 hrs it has worn off and you have to administer it again.
My husband worked, drove, etc. for 8 months taking a higher dose than average of oxycontin. He had a broken hip due to the disease avascular necrosis and due to family issues had to postpone his surgery. I think its cruel not to at least try to relieve someones suffering just because a family member or caretaker has some unfounded fear of pain meds. Do you know how many times I’ve been told by family members they don’t want their dying loved one to have a narcotic for pain because they fear their loved one will become addicted to it! It leaves me scratching my head but some people really have a hard time dealing with death so they cling to ideas that somehow help them avoid the elephant in the room: that their loved one is dying.
I assure you, I know the difference between proper pain control and terminal sedation. Morphine can be used for proper pain control. It can be and is used in conjunction with other meds for terminal sedation, and it can be and is used to mask the symptoms of pain and discomfort when water and food are prematurely withdrawn to bring about a premature death.
Why are you having difficulty grasping that these latter incidents are well documented and going on in segments of the hospice and palliative care industry?
Why do you want people to hurt and be uncomfortable when they don’t have to be?
Where have I said I want people to hurt and be uncomfortable? That is the false rhetoric of those who are trying to push the euthanasia agenda, if you weren't aware. Careful falsely employing their rhetoric. Folks might start to question your motives when you employ the tactics of the euthanasia promoters.