Yes, ironically enough, physicians don't pathologize death the same way most of our culture does. They see it enough for it to lose the quasi supernatural grip

Yes, ironically enough, physicians don't pathologize death the same way most of our culture does. They see it enough for it to lose the quasi supernatural grip that it has in a culture that doesn't talk about it, and so they're just able to make much more measured decisions about quality of life at the end of life than other people.