title: Why a Hanging Man Dances.
abstract: "Do you know why a hanging man dances?" asked Mr B. He was once an intensely independent man, now 80 years old and afflicted with end-stage lung disease. He appeared tired, repositioning himself with great effort to sitting at the edge of the bed, tightly holding onto the bed sheets as if clenching to a life that was slowly escaping him. "No. I don't want anything that will make me live longer."
authors.affiliation: Hospice and Family Medicine Physician at the Redwood City Medical Center in CA. gurpreet.k.padam@kp.org.
authors.forename: Gurpreet Kaur
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Padam
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001293:Attitude to Death; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000592:standards*