Another way to look at it. She was terminal, no hope of a cure. If she had chosen to fight it to the end, she would have left her family with HUGE medical bills. I know it seems crass to put a price tag on death, but there's no doubt that our American way of death is horribly expensive. Staying hopelessly alive for months can add up to hundreds of thousands of dollars for the family to have to pay. Some people just don't want to saddle their loved ones with that burden when there's no hope.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
