Exactly Iaians. I wonder too about the Compensation Culture. Doctors must fear repercussions if they let a patient 'slip away' out of compassion, then have to be answerable to a Court about their actions.
However, one can't have doctors deciding to bump off patients with no recourse to an ethics committee/guidelines of some sort.

The so-called 'Liverpool Pathway' is a rather chilling example of withdrawing sustenance from the terminally ill in order to hasten their death.

I suppose each case has to be considered on its individual merits.

I know from what my retired sister has told me about her days as a hospital doctor that they face daily very difficult situations and conditions. The pressures are enormous (and of course, resources stretched to the limit).