People experience death in varied ways. Different colors, different cultures, demand different approaches to the dying process.
When you’re a heartbeat from dying, the high-tech gizmo that keeps you alive may do so against your wishes.
Having hope as death nears is not always helpful – not if it’s delusionary and detracts from positive end-of-life attitudes and actions.
An end-game plan brings peace and security – even if it’s never used.
A cache of old videos recalls the height of the AIDS crisis and its critical, emotional nexus with the developing right-to-die movement.
You do everything you can, take every possible step to delay the inevitable. At what point do you say, “Enough. I’m done.” And welcome freedom.
With or without Medical Aid in Dying, VSED offers a legal option; a new book explains all the ins and outs from every angle.
How to get a ride in a squad car. “It makes what could be a loving, family affair a secret, clandestine event! Such a shame.”
Everyone clamors for “a natural death.” It rarely happens. “We have always done everything in our power to wrestle death from the hands of nature,” says someone who knows.
What happens when a devout person of faith – steeped for life in church doctrine that preaches the sanctity of life – must minister to dying patients who choose to exit with aid because state law provides that option?