tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594156604382151139.post5083344609480038701..comments2024-03-20T22:52:35.700-07:00Comments on The Good Death: UncertaintyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594156604382151139.post-44494001168590303462008-06-29T16:05:00.000-07:002008-06-29T16:05:00.000-07:00Exactly. It reminds me of the book I read about Su...Exactly. It reminds me of the book I read about Susan Sontag's death. She was so determined that she could stop her death if she just found the right doctor and the right treatment. And really, these things are just out of our control. That's a hard fact to sit with ... harder for some people than others. But you're absolutely right; it's a real shame the medical field isn't better set up to help people come to terms with our lack of control over or mortality.Jessica Knapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13134277281082757857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594156604382151139.post-31824959960540087402008-06-27T22:38:00.000-07:002008-06-27T22:38:00.000-07:00You have hit upon one of the things that bothers m...You have hit upon one of the things that bothers me most about the medical field today . The truth is that most of what determines our demise is heredity. we can control very little, and yet we blame patients for causing their own illness.<BR/>I think it makes us feel more in control<BR/>.That couldn't happen to me because I work out or I drink soy milk etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com