I think that's a good question. I'm just trying to think through I'm cycling in my mind really quickly through all of these different patients scenarios and wondering if I can generalize, which of course is terrible, but sort of what you're asking me to do. You know, it is true that people who have suffered a lot in a lifetime might be might find than the dying process as an extension of the lack of control that they've had throughout their lifetime so. And even if we want to resist talking about it, we're not quite as strong and able bodies as we were in our 30s. And eventually we'll have to give up control.
Physician and author Lydia Dugdale wants to teach us a better way to die. She argues that this will help us find a better way to live. Listen as she discusses her book, The Lost Art of Dying, with EconTalk's Russ Roberts.