Sorry if I didn't describe it properly, english is not my native language. Giving of opium wouldn't anyhow shorten her lifespan, which was already on a fast spi

Sorry if I didn't describe it properly, english is not my native language. Giving of opium wouldn't anyhow shorten her lifespan, which was already on a fast spiral down with various organs shutting down, while causing huge amount of continuous pain, and there was nothing current medicine could do to fix it. Her being in hospital vs being at home was just decision to not die surrounded by nurses and doctors but by family, which is completely understandable and I would opt for it too in same situation. The fact that even closest folks refused to ease suffering while shielding themselves with at-best dubious christianity-based moral stance of easing/skipping purgatory is just beyond my comprehension. And yes I truly consider it their moral weakness and failure. Its not about killing in any way, but sedating enough to have their last moments filled with sanity and focus on family, and not screams of huge pain. > And more importantly, what if the dying person is ok with suffering? Now this part is complete bullshit, of course she didn't want to suffer, she had brighter moments when she was begging for painkillers. I presume you were never in situation where you suffered huge amount of pain continuously for at least many hours. I experienced it once, and it completely utterly breaks you down mentally. You are willing to do basically anything to make it stop - there is a reason why it is/was used so much to get any intel, at one point everybody breaks, its so overwhelming that people make up anything to make it stop. I hope its a bit more clear, it was a complex situation to describe fully in few sentences.