Approach Quote by Marcia Angell

“Without guidance and support for patients and families approaching death, there may be unnecessary conflict, confusion, and trauma that linger long after the passing…

— Lisa J. Shultz

I believe that decisions about the timing and manner of death belong to the individual as a human right. I believe it is wrong…

— A.C. Grayling

I believe it should be possible for someone stricken with a serious and ultimately fatal illness to choose to die peacefully with medical help,…

— Terry Pratchett

I think those who have a terminal illness and are in great pain should have the right to choose to end their own life,…

— Stephen Hawking

So I can't show you how, exactly, health care is a basic human right. But what I can argue is that no one should…

— Paul Farmer

Let's not kid ourselves. Whatever we diagnose, most patients, if they don't die, get well by themselves. Our job is mainly to try to…

— Diane Frolov

Dying people don't need medicine, the ones who remain do.

— Jose Rizal

Probably most dying patients, even when suffering greatly, would choose to live as long as possible. That courage and grace should be protected and…

— Marcia Angell

There's never been a doctor who served many patients who, despite their best efforts, did not lose some of them to death. But they…

— Zig Ziglar

Patients have the right to help themselves.

— James Heywood

The purpose of a doctor or any human in general should not be to simply delay the death of the patient, but to increase…

— Patch Adams

Death is not treatment, even if it's medically facilitated.

— Stella Young