Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Die at the right time

  • Allowing my death—a delusory end-of-life decision

    Wolfgang LedererInnsbruck, Austria Together with the gift of life, I have received its finiteness, its perishability. As death is inescapable, when might I allow my life to end? Certainly, my life expectancy has to be longer than average, and I demand good physical and mental health right down to the last minute. Furthermore, my life…