Before beginning, I wanted to make it perfectly clear that this is not an article about physician-assisted suicide, medical aid in dying, or any of those admittedly controversial topics. The subject here is the type of care that we provide (or in too many cases, do not provide) to patients who have reached the ends of their lives with no other useful medical treatment available to prolong their productive existence. The death process and the prospect of facing the end of one’s time on earth are so painful and traumatic that many people avoid even thinking about it, to say nothing of openly discussing it.Read More
America doesn’t do well in helping people peacefully pass on
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