Lawyers, doctors gather to discuss bioethics.

Many people stockpile pills so they have the means to end their life when it becomes unbearable.

To qualify for Medicare benefits for hospice care, a terminally ill patient must be within six months of death. Yet life expectancy is not easy to predict, and many doctors don't want to declare their patients are going to die within six months.

Even patients who clearly express their wishes to receive, refuse, withhold, or withdraw treatment are often ignored.

Such end-of-life conundrums brought doctors, lawyers, nurses, medical students, clergy, prof