Reflections on death

This is an excellent documentary film focusing on attitudes toward dying and death. A wide spectrum is covered.

And yet my personal point of view is ignored, which suggests how radical it is.
And it is this:

In a sane culture, the self-management of death would be institutionalized. Like a baptism, like a birthday party, like a wedding, something like "a farewell wake" would happen at the end of life, hosted and managed by the individual who has decided s/he is ready to pass on. This would be a natural part of the aging process: creating one's own death with dignity. Death as a celebration of life, after which the individual would administer painless chemicals provided by a doctor, with or without witnesses as desired. Suicide, yes, but a kind of suicide that consciously and spiritually honors and celebrates a life.

My last three novels have dealt with this theme. So did a digital movie I made.

Last Rights, a novel

The Farewell Wake, a film