: On a more practicable level it is a fact of
: life that there are physicians, and nurses
: who will provide higher dosages of morphine
: for terminally ill patients to accelerate
: the inevitable. These actions are secret,
: not recorded, illegal, and do not need the
: input of parliamentary legislation.
:
If the intent is to hasten death, that is euthanasia. If, on the other hand, the administration of increasing doses constitutes a search for the minimum dose that relieves pain, that is quite different, even though it is known that eventually, the dose will cause death.