My mother is a hospice nurse and it has given me a viewpoint I don't think I would have ever considered before. Americans (and probably most people) seem to ignore end of life decisions because it is scary, and it can be, but it is important. So incredibly important, to the person leaving this earth to be respected and to the people they leave behind to not have awful experiences like this.

It seems to be changing a little, slowly, but as this article seems to demonstrate there will be a huge amount of push back from a for profit industry. And once you die the checks stop so I don't see an incentive for them to do better.