Depends on intent. If patient is in pain (and we know because they tell us or because we think they look like they are in pain), we treat the pain. If treating

Depends on intent. If patient is in pain (and we know because they tell us or because we think they look like they are in pain), we treat the pain. If treating that pain results in them having a shorter life, that's acceptable morally and legally. And I do not consider this active or passive euthanasia since there is a legitimate medical purpose for that medication. If we gave someone an overdose for the purpose of ending their life, that is active euthanasia in the United States (I am unclear if it is different elsewhere and I agree it isn't so clear at the end of that abstract from a British author.)