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[The way people would like their lives to end]
1Stadtärztlicher Dienst Zürich. katobler@sunrise.ch
Abstract:
By means of four dying trajectories we carried out a survey with people working in nursing institutions and participants of workshops preparing for retirement about the way they would like to spend the final phase of their lives (n = 159). The average lifetime women desired was 85,6 years, that of men 83,8 years. 43% wished for a sudden death to avoid suffering. 50% preferred to die within a couple of weeks or months to have time to say goodbye. In order to avoid dependence on others and the need for care 34% would forfeit at least six years, 61% at least two years of their lives. 14% would not trade off any time at all.
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