“A good death” sounds like an oxymoron. Death is naturally a very scary thing, especially when the progress of medicine pushes the thought of death further and further away. However, when the time comes, it pays to be prepared.

Jim Towey and Margaret McGahon try to get to the bottom of how a good death is achievable even in a time when people are in denial of death, leaving them unprepared and reinforcing the stigma surrounding death.