During my career, I have seen many people die and I know there are some ways I could simply not bear.
There are certain conditions that, if I was diagnosed with them, I would choose to take my own life rather than suffer what I consider torture. The idea of slowly choking to death because I am losing the ability to swallow, for example.
And the thought of being unable to move chills me — and many others, I think — to the core. Every doctor has stories of patients that make you question whether doctors should be able to step in and end people's lives when they really want it.