I understand the reasons for them not being present, and they are perfectly legitimate. But it also means that a person of the cloth may very well NOT have direct experience with the suffering, and likely are not necessarily personally intimately acquainted with the facts of dying.

I don't know if Sol is a Rabbi or not. But anyone who believes that withholding food and hydration from dying person--and a person in a coma for 15 years is always on the verge of death, as they cannot care for themselves, have high risks of many complications that can kill them, etc--is euthanasia, is just plain ignorant, a right to life zealot, or somehow otherwise reacting from a deeply irrational emotional level about something that isn't relevant to natural death and dying.