--- title: "9 End-of-life-care Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 9 End-of-life-care quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best End-of-life-care sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c89/samuel-shem-28474_beings_gomers-are-human-beings-who-have-lost-wh_965670.png" --- > [“Gomers are human beings who have lost what goes into being human beings. They want to die, and we will not let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-shem/gomers-are-human-beings-who-have-lost-what-goes-into-being-human/) [Samuel Shem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-shem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c89/samuel-shem-28474_beings_gomers-are-human-beings-who-have-lost-wh_965670.png) > [“A paradigm shift of viewing palliative care or hospice as a gift instead of seeing it as giving up has the potential…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-j-shultz/a-paradigm-shift-of-viewing-palliative-care-or-hospice-as-a-gift/) [Lisa J. Shultz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-j-shultz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/156/lisa-j-shultz-17419_death-and-dying_a-paradigm-shift-of-viewing-palliative-c_727615.jpg) > [“If I had you, I would have never worried about the end of life; I don’t know why you do then.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-moonzajer/if-i-had-you-i-would-have-never-worried-about-the-end-of-life-i-don-t/) [M.F. Moonzajer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-moonzajer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a83/m-f-moonzajer-244_end-of-life_if-i-had-you-i-would-have-never-worried_2104237.jpg) > [“I believe it’s imperative to bring the light of support and knowledge to patients and families when death is approaching.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-j-shultz/i-believe-it-s-imperative-to-bring-the-light-of-support-and-knowledge/) [Lisa J. Shultz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-j-shultz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d6/lisa-j-shultz-17419_death_i-believe-it-s-imperative-to-bring-the-l_2213018.jpg) > [“The window of opportunity to plan and prepare for the end of his life had closed gradually. Any cracks left open to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-j-shultz/the-window-of-opportunity-to-plan-and-prepare-for-the-end-of-his-life/) [Lisa J. Shultz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-j-shultz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/383/lisa-j-shultz-17419_end-of-life_the-window-of-opportunity-to-plan-and-pr_2679016.jpg) > [“I entered the picture in the eleventh hour as a guide to the exit of his life. I navigated as best I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-j-shultz/i-entered-the-picture-in-the-eleventh-hour-as-a-guide-to-the-exit-of/) [Lisa J. Shultz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-j-shultz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f04/lisa-j-shultz-17419_eleventh-hour_i-entered-the-picture-in-the-eleventh-ho_1306649.jpg) > [“Our health care approaches squander billions on extravagant treatment regimes that end up accomplishing little, as a society we refuse to adopt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-martensen/our-health-care-approaches-squander-billions-on-extravagant-treatment/) [Robert Martensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-martensen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15e/robert-martensen-80757_end-of-life-care_our-health-care-approaches-squander-bill_177608.jpg) > [“I felt myself in a sticky spot as a daughter and desperately needed a third party, such as a doctor, to address…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-j-shultz/i-felt-myself-in-a-sticky-spot-as-a-daughter-and-desperately-needed-a/) [Lisa J. Shultz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-j-shultz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/519/lisa-j-shultz-17419_children_i-felt-myself-in-a-sticky-spot-as-a-daug_1042329.jpg) > [“When I reflect on the stories of death supported by hospice care and contrast it with our story depicting an absence of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-j-shultz/when-i-reflect-on-the-stories-of-death-supported-by-hospice-care-and/) [Lisa J. Shultz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-j-shultz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/891/lisa-j-shultz-17419_death_when-i-reflect-on-the-stories-of-death-s_125159.jpg) ## Top authors on End-of-life-care - [Lisa J. Shultz 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/end-of-life-care/lisa-j-shultz/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/end-of-life-care/#itemlist", "name": "End-of-life-care Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Gomers are human beings who have lost what goes into being human beings. 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