http://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/feb/08/how-doctors-choose-die 
 
 Years ago, Charlie, a highly respected orthopaedist and a mentor of
 mine, found a lump in his stomach. He asked a surgeon to explore the
 area, and the diagnosis was pancreatic cancer. This surgeon was one of
 the best in the country. He had even invented a new procedure for this
 exact cancer that could triple a patient's five-year-survival odds –
 from five per cent to 15% – albeit with a poor quality of life. Charlie
 was uninterested. He went home the next day, closed his practice, and
 never set foot in a hospital again. He focused on spending time with his
 family and feeling as good as possible. Several months later, he died at
 home. He received no chemotherapy, radiation, or surgical treatment.
 Medicare didn't spend much on him.
 
 It's not a frequent topic of discussion, but doctors die, too. And they
 don't die like the rest of us. What's unusual about them is not how much
 treatm...