I have had hospice experience, and the rules may be different in every state for all I know, but isn’t the purpose of a hospice to make a person’s last days comfortable? How long was Terri in that hospice? I did not think hospices did life support, just manily made a person comfortable. I know from my experience (I have had a grandparent and watched a few friends die over the years) that there is no wrong amount of Morphine for a patient, unlike when a person is NOT in a hospice situation where only so much pain killer can be dispensed per hour. A hospice patient could conceivably O.D. themselves a fatal dose, as long as it is under some form of supervision.
I would like a non-political discussion, as I am not going to argue politics. I just want to be clear as to how all of this works. in this particular case.