The death awareness movement was largely seen as a critique and response to “medicalized” deaths wherein people were being subjected to lingering deaths under conditions of absolute isolation surrounded by technological apparatus and experts rather than by family and friends. In order to counter the problem, it was necessary that people had the right to refuse treatment when there was no prospect of recovery. In a way the counter narrative emphasized upon the rights and autonomy of individuals, however, it has not been totally successful against the medicalization of death. Even with the apparent shift of responsibility the general aura of reluctance to face the reality continues which verges on “denial of death”.