Grief

Oct 02

1

Grief Is Not A Disorder

By Dr. Alan D. Wolfelt | Grief, Suffering and Death | One Comment

If love is not a disorder, illness, or diagnosis, then neither is grief.

Sep 11

2

Date with Death Club

By Karen Johnston | Advance Directives, Death, Death With Dignity, Dying, Funeral Planning, Grief, Medical Aid in Dying, Palliative Care, Religion, Spirituality | 2 Comments

Given the fact of our mortality, whether we want it or not, aren’t we all members of a Date with Death Club?

May 15

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Choosing The Clothes To Die For

By Anita Hannig | Assisted Suicide, Choice, Death With Dignity, Dying, End-of-Life Care, Grief, Medical Aid in Dying, Mental Illness, Not Dead Yet, Oregon Death with Dignity Act, Pacemaker, Rational Suicide, Right-to-Die Laws, Suffering and Death, The Right to Die | No Comments

“I’m more afraid of living than I am of dying.”

Apr 17

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Getting Comfortable with the ‘D’ Word

By Sharon Dickol | Advance Directives, Death, Dementia, Disability, Dying, End-of-Life Care, Funeral Planning, Grief, Healthcare Power of Attorney, Healthcare Proxy, Hospice, Medical Aid in Dying, Mental Illness, Suffering and Death, Surrogate, The Five Wishes, The Right to Die, Wills | No Comments

Talking about death doesn’t make it happen sooner.

Apr 10

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My Brother’s Keeper – Part Two

By Kevin Bradley | Advance Directives, COVID-19, Dementia, Disability, DNR, Dying, End-of-Life Care, Final Exit Network, Funeral Planning, Grief, Healthcare Power of Attorney, Healthcare Proxy, Mental Illness, Suffering and Death, Surrogate, The Right to Die | 4 Comments

Suffering after death — the family’s burden.

Apr 03

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My Brother’s Keeper – the Beginning of the End

By Kevin Bradley | Advance Directives, COVID-19, Dementia, Disability, DNR, Dying, End-of-Life Care, Final Exit Network, Grief, Healthcare Power of Attorney, Healthcare Proxy, Mental Illness, Suffering and Death, Surrogate, The Right to Die | 7 Comments

Do you know what can go wrong without advance directives and an end-of-life plan? You have NO IDEA.

Feb 27

1

Black Lives and Black Deaths Matter

By Rev. Jamie Eaddy Chism | Black Lives Matter, Choice, COVID-19, Death Doula, Discrimination, Dying, End-of-Life Care, Free Speech, Grief, Medical Aid in Dying, Palliative Care, Pandemic, Religion, Spirituality, Suffering and Death, The Right to Die | 11 Comments

People experience death in varied ways. Different colors, different cultures, demand different approaches to the dying process.

Jan 23

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How Hope Can Cause Harm at the End of Life

By Karen Wyatt | Choice, Dementia, Disability, Dying, End-of-Life Care, Grief, Hospice, Palliative Care, Spirituality, Suffering and Death, The Right to Die | 4 Comments

Having hope as death nears is not always helpful – not if it’s delusionary and detracts from positive end-of-life attitudes and actions.

Nov 21

3

What I Did for Love

By Jim Van Buskirk and Jim Mitulski | AIDS, Assisted Suicide, Choice, Death With Dignity Act, Derek Humphry, Disability, DNR, Dying, End-of-Life Care, Final Exit Network, Grief, Medical Aid in Dying, Religion, Right-to-Die Laws, Spirituality, Suffering and Death, Suicide, The Right to Die | 6 Comments

A cache of old videos recalls the height of the AIDS crisis and its critical, emotional nexus with the developing right-to-die movement.

Oct 24

8

What Ways Can You Die When You’ve Had Enough of Life?

By Althea Halchuck | Advance Directives, ALS, Choice, Dementia, Disability, Dying, End-of-Life Care, Final Exit Network, Grief, Medical Aid in Dying, Mental Illness, POLST, Right-to-Die Laws, Suffering and Death, Suicide, Surrogate, The Right to Die, VSED | 13 Comments

When you believe it’s time to go, what options do you really have? There are more than you you think, without having to resort to a violent ending.

Grief Is Not A Disorder

Date with Death Club

Choosing The Clothes To Die For

Getting Comfortable with the ‘D’ Word

My Brother’s Keeper – Part Two

My Brother’s Keeper – the Beginning of the End

Black Lives and Black Deaths Matter

How Hope Can Cause Harm at the End of Life

What I Did for Love

What Ways Can You Die When You’ve Had Enough of Life?

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