You need to read this

http://head-nurse.blogspot.com/2008/07/can-we-just-print-this-out-post-it-on.html

Read this blog post.

Read it now. Bookmark it. Read it again later when you or a loved one is very, very ill. Never forget that death is part of the natural progression of things. Never forget that there are times when maintaining life is crueler then allowing death to come when it is time.

Read this:
http://head-nurse.blogspot.com/2008/07/can-we-just-print-this-out-post-it-on.html

Props to blissful entropy who led me to this.