Charles Garfield, PhD, Clinical Professor of Psychology at the University of California School of Medicine at San Francisco, in an Apr. 30, 2014 Greater Good Magazine article, "Seven Keys to a Good Death," available at berkeley.edu, stated:
“Here are seven ways to help create the conditions for a good death.
1. Experience as little pain as possible…
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2. Recognize and resolve interpersonal conflicts…
3. Satisfy any remaining wishes that are consistent with their present condition…
4. Review their life to find meaning…
5. Hand over control to a trusted person, someone committed to helping them have the kind of death they desire…
6. Be protected from needless procedures that serve to only dehumanize and demean without much or any benefit…
7. Decide how social and how alert they want to be.”