The reality is that very often, it is the pain meds or other palliative meds that hasten death and it is NOT euthanasia.
there is only debate because of the advances of science...70 years ago, there would be no debate, the person would die of “natural” causes...now we keep people alive with all sorts of interventions, so where are we really? Debating.
Good idea, a living will.
This man is on a FEEDING TUBE and feeding tubes have been used to some degree of success for several hundred years. The effectiveness of them has been greatly enhanced in recent decades because of advances in hypoallergenic plastics and antibiotics.
What you dismiss as "interventions" are, in reality, nothing more than advances in technology. We EMBRACE technological advances in ALL other areas of life, why not medicine? Would you buy a car without air conditioning? What about a house without indoor plumbing or electricity? Do you use aspirin, acetaminophen or ibuprofen? Do you take vitamins?
Sixty years ago a burst appendix was often deadly, today it's no big deal. Fifty years ago a clogged artery near the heart was pretty much a death sentence, today they are routinely corrected.
We are continually improving our lives through technology. Why do you embrace some and not others?