Why Doctors Die Differently…

Doctor Standing OutsideAs a clinician, this Wall Street Journal article echoes my own views on dying, ones that are in my health directive. Maybe its the medical knowing, seeing all too often how a promise of “more time” turns out poorly. While I deeply appreciate and respect modern medicine’s desire to fight to the end, I lean, like the doctors in this article, towards “being comfortable and in control, having a sense of closure, making the most of relationships and having family involved in care.” When it’s over, gently and serenely send me on my way…

Why Doctors Die Differently Article