Doctors Choose To Die At Home Rather Than Hospitals

Most Americans express a desire to die in their own home rather than in a hospital but the reality if usually the opposite. Due to the crush of potentially life saving treatments, people will be forced into the hospital to spend their final days hoping for a cure. However, on group bucks this trend, doctors.

MD’s have a strong tendency to die at home or in hospice care rather than seek desperate life saving measures that are typically unsuccessful. Medical professionals have a first hand knowledge of the pain that is usually associated with emergency treatment and often express a strong preference to die in peace. As the population ages, planning for end of life decisions is imperative as it spares family members terrible choices concerning loved ones health. Preparing for the inevitable will ultimately makes the process of death a lesser burden for the afflicted and their loved ones alike.

See Stephanie O’Neill, How doctors want to die is different than most people, CNN, August 11, 2015.

Special thanks to Daniel P. Buckley for bringing this article to my attention.