Who gets the last say in life – the law or love?

People often find themselves facing an unenviable number of choices when their days are numbered. The same is true when a loved one balances on the line between life and death. Family members tiptoe around the moral, ethical and perhaps even the legal issues that arise as an ugly question is posed: should the suffering continue if it can be prevented?

This question breaks the heart as loved ones lie on the narrow hospital bed, their eyes squeezed shut in pain, gasping for breath, feverish even in slumber.