Friday 18 July 2014

At life's end: dying painlessly and peacefully is the goal of most

At life's end: dying painlessly and peacefully is the goal of most As the assisted dying bill goes to the Lords, doctors explain how most wish for palliative care, friendship and dignity at the end

A good death, like an easy experience of childbirth, is not something that happens to everybody, and it is impossible to predict who will slip away painlessly and at peace and who will find the process far harder.

"It's a lottery," says Ann Munro, a clinical ethicist who works with the dying and those who care for them in a large NHS hospital. "You never really know what it is going to be like." Continue reading... The Guardian

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