Ideal to whom? The state may or may not have its own paternalistic notions about how people ought to die, but so does each individual. Your ideal death is the

Ideal to whom? The state may or may not have its own paternalistic notions about how people ought to die, but so does each individual. Your ideal death is the one you'd prefer; mine is the one I'd prefer. Side note, ever seen anyone dying of heart failure? Not a way I'd want to go.