Further on DDE and the Groningen Protocol

Thanks to Steve for his post yesterday.  It does seem to be the case, as Steve and his correspondent suggest, that the point of the Groningen Protocol is to authorize doctors--in conjunction with parents, I'm still assuming--to take action with the intent to end a life and not merely to reduce unbearable pain.   In my hypothetical, by contrast, the intent was not to end a life but to reduce unbearable pain, albeit with foresight that the painkiller (e.g., morphine) would end a life.  I am utterly incompetent to address the issue whether to reduce the kind of pain under discussion it is ever necessary, finally, to administer a painkiller in what one foresees will be, or may well be, a lethal dose--though I have been led by some things I have read to believe that there are such situations.  In any event, thanks for the discussion.

Michael P.