Despite differences between countries, highlighting the
influence of cultural norms and expectations, this should be
taken into account for the time and place of starting and pursuing
a CSD, in order to preserve the possibility to say goodbye and
to accompany the dying patient More generally, one might
consider, following Hans Jonas, that the ‘contemplative right
to his/her own death’ is an essential part of human dignity, the
problem lying in the domain of being rather than action