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 think it's very interesting that [doctors] privilege the self that is saying, "I don't want to die," but want to discount the self that said, "I want to allow natural death in such a situation."
Attempting to grapple with improving end-of-life care is a political third rail.
I want people to suffer less, and I think it's possible.
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.