i know a 94 year old lady that's counting on being able to make to switzerland if things get too uncomfortable under the italian 'bella agonia' system of palliative care.

i agree with nomad below, this is going to be a huge issue in the next few years, but it shouldn't have to be so ugly. we just don't 'get' dying like the asians. not surprising when we had it sanitised out of most of what we see surrounding us.

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~