> However old a man may be, however broken in health, however miserable his circumstances, the thought of death is an unwelcome one I have read that studies co

> However old a man may be, however broken in health, however miserable his circumstances, the thought of death is an unwelcome one I have read that studies consistently find there are states of ill-health sufficiently unpleasant that patients generally and consistently report they would genuinely prefer to be dead.