In recent generations the average human life-span has been greatly increased, owing largely to the discoveries and practices of medical science. Immunization and vaccination have virtually eradicated the danger of many diseases. Antiseptic methods control most infections. Repair of fractures, wounds, and burns have become more efficient. Sophisticated surgeries, including organ transplants and artificial organs, are becoming more common.
Various drugs are available.
Yet, of course, people still become ill and eventually die. People are complaining in some cases that extra medical efforts are becoming a burden, a hindrance, and merely an extension of suffering in terminal situations. Individuals are rightly demanding the right to maintain person control over their own lives. As people begin to understand that death is not the end but merely a transition to a new spiritual life, the psychological trauma of dying will diminish, and we will be more able to let people go when the time has come. As the traditional diseases caused by germs and viruses are successfully treated, we find that death is more likely to result from a general deterioration of health and nebulous illnesses like cancer and heart disease.