And the act of PAD must be carefully carried out. Yet they are bound by law to allow a patient's suffering to continue for days even when patients plead to end their lives. I have seen many patients die and there is no such thing as death with dignity. It's simply a matter of degree. Patients who have a massive stroke or heart attack while sleeping are the closest anyone gets to a dignified death.
Few patients are that lucky.
I don't deny them the right to die any way they wish. If they, and their doctors, due to religious, moral or ethical reasons decide to go down to the last drop of blood, this is their privilege. But I see no reason why this segment of society should feel an obligation to foist their beliefs on others. That they have been endowed with some insight into this matter which has escaped the rest of us. As I've believed and written for years, it's simply a matter of freedom of choice to do with one's own body.