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Have some evidence-- medical professionals refuse end of life care
That is evidence for there being unnecessary pain, which I don't deny.
Edit: I suppose that's too strong. If the pain is part of a tradeoff against worse consequences it might be necessary. So change that to "that is evidence for there being pain that produces negative utility to the patients, which I don't deny".