Views on Death and Dying

Death must be distinguished from dying, with which it is often confused—Sydney Smith ^[1]

It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible—Henry Fielding ^[2]

On his deathbed, British surgeon Joseph Henry Green behaved very coolly. “Congestion,”: he observed, and then took his own pulse. “Stopped,” he said, and died. 

Death is a delightful hiding-place for weary men—Herodotus ^[3]

Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star; one of a million lights in a vast sky that flares up for a brief moment only to disappear into the endless night forever—Elisabeth Kübler-Ross ^[4]

The death of a child is the single most traumatic event in medicine. To lose a child is to lose a piece of yourself—Burton Grebin ^[5]