Dr. Henry Marsh, in his book And Finally (2023), addresses issues of life and death as he faces the end of his life due to prostate cancer. Dr. Marsh, a prominent neurosurgeon from London, laments that he did not heed his own advice and take action sooner to treat his cancer because, as a doctor, he thought illness happened to patients not doctors. Prostate cancer is very treatable if diagnosed early on. As he begins treatment he begins to notice his status changing; at first he is treated with respect and kindness, but as the treatment goes on he's treated more as a number, a patient. A loss of power and anonymity makes his struggle even harder to bear. He's aware that as a white European male he has led a very privileged life with a high standard of living but it came at a cost of adding to the destruction of the planet and he wonders what kind of life his grandchildren will have after he is gone.