Almost anyone you talk to will say, 'I don't want to die plugged into machines.
I want people to suffer less, and I think it's possible.
Three-quarters of people say they want to die at home, but only a quarter of people actually do.
Very few of us are succeeding in giving our parents the ideal death.
I don't think people ever were free of fear of death, but clinging to life and being so unprepared for it is a modern experience.
Attempting to grapple with improving end-of-life care is a political third rail.