How To Prepare Yourself For A Good End Of Life
Don't wait until you're at death's door to explore your passions, deepen your relationships and find your posse. (Continue reading ...)
Medical Aid In Dying Is Still Called “Assisted Suicide”; An Anthropologist Explains The Problem With That
It’s time that we revise and refine our cultural lexicon around this emergent end-of-life practice. A medically assisted death definitively warrants a linguistic and conceptual category of its own. (Continue reading ...)
What Is A Good Death? How To Die Well.
Decisions are often made unilaterally without necessarily considering what the one dying wants or needs. A respectful death involves truly listening to the dying and being open and honest with them and the family. (Continue reading ...)
The Lost Art Of Dying Well
When sickness and death strike, sometimes guidance from the past offers the clearest path forward. (Continue reading ...)
Times to Have “The Conversation”
“The rest is up to you,” he finally said, ending the conversation for good. He didn’t have any more guidance, and certainly no more patience to talk about it. I was surprised. To me, it felt slightly irresponsible to leave all these decisions to other people. (Continue reading ...)
“A Time To Love And A Time To Die” . . . Ecclesiastes 3:2
She wanted to go out on a high note, and from her point of view, she did. But for her many friends, that note was exceedingly sour. Should we blame her? Maybe. (Continue reading ...)
What Is A “Dignified” Death?
There are so many ways do die with dignity – we can’t let the word “dignity” be hijacked to the service of just one way of dying. (Continue reading ...)
An Unlikely Best Seller Had A Rocky Backstory: The Controversial History Of Final Exit
The more "Final Exit" was condemned, the more people bought it who were not afraid to think about death. (Continue reading ...)
Sharing VSED Resources In My Community
VSED might not be for everyone, but it is the only chance for some to experience an end to unbearable suffering. Done with careful preparation, medical support, and compassionate caregiving, VSED offers a natural end to life. (Continue reading ...)
Colombia Continues to Advance the Right of the End-of-Life Choice
“We reached the goal for patients like me, who aren’t terminal but degenerative, to win this battle, a battle that opens the doors for the other patients who come after me." (Continue reading ...)