good death
Dignified final moment
A good death is one that comes peacefully, with minimal suffering, and ideally with the dying person's affairs in order and loved ones nearby.
The concept appears in medical ethics, hospice care, and philosophical discussions about mortality: She wanted a good death—at home, surrounded by family, not hooked up to machines.
What constitutes a good death varies by culture and individual values, but typically includes dignity, acceptance, and freedom from prolonged pain.
- euthanasiaDeliberate death for relief
- peacefulFree from disturbance
- dignifiedComposed and respectable
- passingMoving by or temporary
- hospiceTerminal illness comfort program
palliative · comfort care · mercy · release · comfort · morphine · quality of life · bedside · final breath · letting go · painless · closure · beloved · surrounded · gentle · acceptance · terminal · end of life
- mortalitydeceased, mortality, mortality rates, dying, demise
good deathpremature death
Dying younger than expected
untimely death · sudden death · tragic death · unexpected death · accidental death
good, death, goods, goodness, goodly, deaths, deathly, dead, deadly