Most of us live as if death does not exist for us. Death is a taboo subject. We ignore it, we don't like to talk about it and therefore we like to overhear it. But death, like birth, is an inseparable part of life, which we are terribly afraid of. BJ Miller, who provides palliative care, that is, care that holistically treats patients with an incurable disease and offers help to their loved ones, knows what it means when death knocks on your door, but at the same time, he knows how to prepare patients for the world. Take the time to check out what it has to say about what we humans think about death and what we really want at the end of life's journey.