Books About Death and Dying 2020 – May 2022
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Interview with Faye Girsh – An Activist for the Right to a Peaceful Death
"We have a long way to go to educate the public about choices in dying, about defining 'life', and about making the end less agonizing for patients and their families." (Continue reading ...)
New FEN Coordinator (An Update)
When a friend once confessed, "Jim, I don't think I could do what you're doing," I immediately blurted, "I don't think I could not do what I'm doing!" (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 ...)
My Brother’s Keeper – Part Two
Suffering after death — the family’s burden. (Continue reading ...)
My Brother’s Keeper – the Beginning of the End
Do you know what can go wrong without advance directives and an end-of-life plan? You have NO IDEA. (Continue reading ...)