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Having gone through that process with my mother (who eventually did *not* go ahead with it, thankfully), I can honestly say that I don't know.
The short version of it: my mother has/had MS, incurable, and was almost paralyzed at one time. She decided that it was time to end it (which I fully supported). The doctor said no, because he wanted some final checks. During these checks, my mother was given an unrelated drug, which just happened to remove much of her problems. It eventually turns out that she had *another* muscle disease (MG), which can be "cured", in that there are drugs to remove the effects.
So... Even though I wanted her to die, to end her suffering, this death would have been unnecessary, and it would have robbed me of my mother's presence during the past 10 years or so.
On the other hand, if the final checks would not have ended in this result, she'd be dead now, and I'd be happy for her.
Note: I am NOT saying that everyone should be given an endless number of "last chances" because the cure might just be found. I'm just saying that in this particular instance, it was the right thing to do; in many other cases, you'd just be hoping for the impossible.
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