would be indecent, for example, for family members to expect a loved one to remain alive in conditions of extreme pain or degradation. In such circumstances, it is unlikely that she would be able, even if she remained alive, to fulfill many or most of her duties to them. Although they will miss her presence if she dies, her condition is too burdensome to require her continued presence. In such circumstances, what is selfish is the insistence that the prospective suicide remain alive, not that she seeks her own demise.
