I agree with you that some type of assisted suicide should be accepted in terminal illness situations.
I lost my father to cancer about six years ago, and his last few days were in a hospital. I have to say my experience was really good........ well, as good as a father dying in a hospital could be. I was visiting my father alone one day, and his Dr. pulled me aside and gave me the prognosis. His cancer had spread fast and his organs were shutting down. They offered to put tubes in so that dialysis could be done to prolong his life. I assured his Dr. that my father would never want that.... so he offered to give my father medication to keep his potassium down so that it would give the rest of my family time to assemble. My brother was able to make the six hour drive down from his home in Maine, as well one of my sisters was able to get a flight up from Atlanta. Thankfully, my brother and three sisters, as well as my mother were all in agreement that my father would never want to be kept alive with zero quality of life. I'm very thankful that we were able to get that extra day or two so that everyone could spend a little time with him before he passed. We were able to visit in shifts so that he never had to be alone before he passed. And even though it was against hospital policy, my youngest sister and I spent my father's last night in the hospital with him, taking turns sleeping in a waiting room. I think what struck me the most, was a couple of the nurses that work there in the cancer ward were crying when my father passed. The experience greatly changed how I feel about hospitals.