Very few of us are succeeding in giving our parents the ideal death.
Almost anyone you talk to will say, 'I don't want to die plugged into machines.
I want to break the taboo against questioning this drive for maximum longevity.
To do more, is not necessarily to do better.
I've heard doctors say that before the crisis hits, people don't want prolonged measures, but then in the middle of the crisis they want everything.
Attempting to grapple with improving end-of-life care is a political third rail.