I really enjoyed the first 3/4 of this book, a lot more than I was expecting to. The personal stories of different people and their experience with hospice I found very persuasive and effective. Even if the author did seem a little full of himself about his ability to change people's lives for the better (both his patients and his students)...But then the last section turned to physician assisted suicide and society's obligations as caregivers and etc. I quickly lost interest in reading one doctor's personal opinion on the world at large. It tried to be contemplative and philosophical and instead became preachy and kind of annoying. Worth reading the first seven chapters.