I still don't think it's worse than a slow, painful death (e.g. some types of cancer). One that occasionally gives you hope, and then plunges the patient into y

I still don't think it's worse than a slow, painful death (e.g. some types of cancer). One that occasionally gives you hope, and then plunges the patient into yet another deeper chasm, until there is one from which there is no return. In my country, the majority religion is Lutheran, and the church has a liturgic prayer which includes a line like "save us from the wicked sudden death", with the idea that people should be able to say goodbyes to their loved ones, arrange their lives and possessions and get their last rites before death; I think that is somewhat outdated by the availability of modern social security (like, a father/mother who dies does not need to agree about who cares for his/her children so that they don't starve). And it looks like deaths are slower than before (people live older, but still, the last years are long and may not be so good).