Let's spend less on trying to fix the unfixable in the last five years of life and spend more supporting people so that they can stay the least disabled as they possibly can, the most independent as they possibly can, and keep them at home.

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.

I want people to suffer less, and I think it's possible.

Let's spend less on trying to fix the unfixable in the last five years of life and spend more supporting people so that they can stay the least disabled as they possibly can, the most independent as they possibly can, and keep them at home.

I want to break the taboo against questioning this drive for maximum longevity.

Three-quarters of people say they want to die at home, but only a quarter of people actually do.

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."