On Dying
I would be (and have been) sorely disappointed if I let my fear of death keep me from being happy in this life.
Continue ReadingI would be (and have been) sorely disappointed if I let my fear of death keep me from being happy in this life.
Continue ReadingLike most Americans, when your time comes, you probably want to go through the process of dying surrounded by those you love, in the comfort of your home free of pain.
Continue ReadingTake a look at the pictures of the facility that let 87-year-old Lorraine Bayless die. The slang term for a place like this is a “Brass and Glass Palace.”
Continue ReadingAdult children and their parents who are inveterate readers of fiction, especially prize-winning fiction, may want to read two posts at VOXXI (Hispanic Voice of the 21st Century) about Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The two posts are related and inter-connect…
Continue ReadingThis will, in effect, be a “guest post” from Tom Hayden, who most of us oldsters remember as an icon of 1960’s radicalism… and the ex-husband of Jane Fonda. He was recently interviewed by the Washington Post at his office in Culve…
Continue ReadingA few days ago I added a must read link to Michael Wolff’s New York Magazine article, A Life Worth Ending. It’s an eye-opening piece, detailing long drawn-out decline of his mother. Check it out — it really is a must read. For our par…
Continue ReadingCheck out Dr. Ira Byock on the latest episode of Prime Time Radio explaining how to ensure the best possible care for those we love who are dying. In his book, “The Best Care Possible”, Byock emphasizes we must not only remake our healthcare system, we must also move past our cultural aversion to talking about dying and acknowledge the fact of mortality. It turns out, Byock argues, that we all must eventually balance the length of our life with the quality of our life.
Continue ReadingAustralian intensive care physician, Peter Saul, recently presented a TED Talk about the increased chance of dying in intensive care in the 21st Century. He explains that one ten people will die in intensive care, but in the United States it is one in …
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