“Western society has become in love with death both individually and collectively.”
It is more likely the love of money; we will defray the costs of not just medical care but also elderly care by simply eliminating the source of the costs.
Yjhe love od death is probably due to Western vice addiction. There is precedent found in earlier societies-see for example Livy discussing his people in his introduction to his History. Love of money before life is a vice.