Opponents of assisted dying often use as an argument that assisted dying is not necessary because good quality palliative care can alleviate suffering at end of life. This report from England concludes that 17 people a day suffer at the…
by Dheeraj Raina, MD, psychiatrist - Kevin MD - March 27, 2019 A physician explains the good death and the comfort that hospice provided to his young wife and their family as she was dying from cancer. "Two of the…
By Atul Gawande - The New Yorker - Aug. 20, 2010 "Our medical system is excellent at trying to stave off death with eight-thousand-dollar-a-month chemotherapy, three-thousand-dollar-a-day intensive care, five-thousand-dollar-an-hour surgery. But, ultimately, death comes, and no one is good at…