Thank you to Sacred Dying for recommending another well written article about “…the growing movement to re-envision the end of life—to give seriously ill patients the right to limit or decline aggressive (and often futile) treatments. Those who wanted to use feeding tubes or intensive chemotherapy still could. But patients could also opt out, and instead devote their last months to visiting with loved ones, pursuing enjoyable activities and tying up spiritual and material loose ends.”
A good death: Like Sue Otterbourg, more people are taking control of the end