title: [The way people would like their lives to end].
abstract: By means of four dying trajectories we carried out a survey with people working in nursing institutions and participants of workshops preparing for retirement about the way they would like to spend the final phase of their lives (n = 159). The average lifetime women desired was 85,6 years, that of men 83,8 years. 43% wished for a sudden death to avoid suffering. 50% preferred to die within a couple of weeks or months to have time to say goodbye. In order to avoid dependence on others and the need for care 34% would forfeit at least six years, 61% at least two years of their lives. 14% would not trade off any time at all.
authors.affiliation: Stadtärztlicher Dienst Zürich. katobler@sunrise.ch
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tobler
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Scholian
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001293:Attitude to Death; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009735:Nursing Homes; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012803:Sick Role; D013557:Switzerland; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult