Gwynne-Robson has heard plenty of momentary requests to die.”It’s not uncommon for a patient to say, ‘If I had a gun I would shoot myself,’ or ‘Doctor, can you give me pill,’ and the correct response to that, I think, is to ask what the problem is and explore that. The vast percentage of the time you start to address the issue of concern and that request disappears.”His stance is not unusual, with other palliative care heads having already spoken out in an attempt to paint a picture of how palliative care can already provide a painless death.
Source: Euthanasia debate: Is there dignity in death, or does palliative care kill? | Stuff