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Re: The right to Life.......?
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Originally Posted by pendy
I would be willing to bet that all nurses know of cases where doses of opiates have been increased sufficiently to allow someone a painless, quick, and reasonably dignified exit. Not a bad idea, at that.
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I have certainly known of this. Opiates are increased to provide pain relief and comfort to people in the terminal stages of their illnesses which is an excruciating way to die. I have never known of food and fluids being denied to these people if they are able to tolerate them. I can understand the denial of expensive forms of nutrition such as TPN, but if a person is capable of tolerating oral food and fluids then they should be assisted to do so.
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