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		bacon_waffle on Sept 25, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Ap... He may have been choosing quality over quantity. Thinking of deaths of people I've known; dying at home in bed seems preferable to most. "Being Mortal" by Atul Gawande is an excellent book on this subject.

Filligree on Sept 25, 2019 [–]

Doctors know how awful dying in a hospital can be, and once you're there they won't let you change your mind.

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