How do you wish to die? It’s an important question that, no matter how scary, should be considered by every person at different stages in their life. But do doctors, those people who tend to see death and dying more frequently than other people, have different views on how they want to spend their final days? The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

To find out, researchers with the End-of-life Care Research Group in Belgium interviewed 45 doctors, 15 each from Italy, Belgium, and the US. The results showed a strong contrast to how many non-physicians regard a good death.

The idea of a “good death” is an old one and is often defined by one’s societal culture. For instance, if you were born in medieval or early modern Europe, th

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