EC Ophthalmology

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in understanding how doctors, who spend their lives prolonging and saving the lives of others, approach their own end-of-life decisions. This interest is not merely academic; it touches upon fundamental issues of human dignity, medical ethics, and the quality of care provided at the end of life. As medical professionals who are deeply familiar with the limitations and potential burdens of medical interventions, doctors often make choices about their own deaths that starkly contrast with those made by the general population. This editorial explores the reasons behind these choices, their implications for end-of-life care, and what the broader healthcare community can learn from them. Importantly, it also considers the specific relevance of these issues to ophthalmologists, whose specialty often intersects with broader medical concerns.

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