Grief Is Not A Disorder
If love is not a disorder, illness, or diagnosis, then neither is grief. (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 ...)
Terminology for Ending One’s Life at the End of One’s Life
It should be clear, as we argued in the first part of this two-part post, that the word “suicide” is not always appropriate. In this second part of our post, we offer a candidate word. (Continue reading ...)
Beware Religious Restrictions: Patients and Doctors
Patients may not be aware that their health care system is faith-based, and rarely understand the restrictions that their health systems have implemented -- until they need this care. (Continue reading ...)
I’m A Rabbi And I Helped My Father End His Life
I know well Judaism’s ban on euthanasia. But when I understood that my father would take his own life, I knew without a doubt that I would be by his side. (Continue reading ...)
Reflecting On My Friend’s Gunshot Suicide
An iconic philosopher rationalized suicide long before it became a contemporary academic concept. (Continue reading ...)
Choosing The Clothes To Die For
“I’m more afraid of living than I am of dying.” (Continue reading ...)
40 States Do Not Allow Medical Aid in Dying – Mine Is One
A friend’s .357 “solution” reinforced his decision to learn from right-to-die groups. (Continue reading ...)
Organized Medicine Wants to Control Your Death. Acquiesce – or Exercise Your Autonomy.
Managing dying and death is difficult enough. But if you do nothing, you’ll be a pawn in a profit-driven medical system. (Continue reading ...)
Getting Comfortable with the ‘D’ Word
Talking about death doesn’t make it happen sooner. (Continue reading ...)