MOST PATIENTS WOULD PREFER TO DIE AT HOME. I've long accepted that statement as an axiom, swallowing it whole. I've believed that patients would rather die in their own beds, under soft lighting, circled by family and friends, in tender quiet and in peace. Why would any terminally ill person choose otherwise?As a researcher-one who has studied family caregiving, no less-I should have held a more.nuanced view. But first I had my formal education on aging and death, and now, as they say, I've been schooled.My father was diagnosed with metastatic esophageal cancer two years ago in August. He assumed his days were closely numbered and promptly walked me through his blueprint for death.
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