From: Alan Cairns 

In most situations, Terry would have been described as
"uncomfortable" and given lots of morphine "to keep her
comfortable". That happens all the time. The morphine may shorten
life, but it certainly eases the pain of starvation.

In this case, I think there was too much public voyeurism, so I'm sure her
docs felt a bit hamstrung. She probably had a worse death in consequence.

Alan



On 4/3/05 3:05 AM, in article 424fcd7e{at}w3.nls.net, "Geo"
 wrote:

> As far as letting her starve, I think that was an outrage, hospitals should
> be allowed to provide a more dignified way to end ones life. They are
> allowed to fill the terminal patients with all sorts of drugs to make them
> more comfortable while they suffer, they should be allowed to help these
> people die so that there is no suffering if that's what the patient wants.
> But that's another issue altogether.

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