Good point, shermozle. And the problem with it being allowed and acceptable is that older people "don't want to be a burden", and younger people with inheritances in the balance might make a decision based more on greed than on wanting to help.

It's a difficult and emotive subject, and you can easily argue both sides convincingly.

> The problem with this being a secret, behind-the-scenes thing is that there's plenty of scope of serial killers.

How large is the serial killer market? How about a Tinder-like app[1] that matches serial killers to hospice patients on a morphine-only contract. The 'killers' get to pay a fee[2], and part of it goes to the clients' estate.

1. This is a rather macabre thought experiment. My apologies if you are/have a loved one going through hospice care and this offends you.

2. How many laws would this disruptive arrangement break? Sadly the law is behind the curve