On the evening of May 21, four days after our meeting, Mrs. Tyson was found dead in bed. Her daughters had not been there for several hours and the previous nurse check, only an hour earlier, had found the patient weak but otherwise stable. Her death was deemed due to natural causes. No autopsy was performed. What Mrs. Tyson's daughters asked for was tantamount to active euthanasia.
Active euthanasia remains illegal in all jurisdictions of the United States.
Even if legalized, however, such an action would violate the ethical standards of medical practice.