This New York Times article, explores John Sheilds’ decision to choose the time of his death and to celebrate his life, leaving a legacy of courage with the support of his, doctor, friends and family.
Is Your Digital Life Ready for Your Death? You’ve probably thought about what will happen to your finances, your possessions and maybe even your real estate when you die. But what about your Facebook account? Or your hard-drive backups?
How Can We Prepare For A Graceful Death? About BJ Miller’s TED TALK : At the end of our lives, what do we most wish for? BJ Miller is a palliative care physician who thinks about how to create a dignified, graceful end of life for his patients.
Choices at the end of life: Brittany Maynard’s story In this video, Brittany Maynard shares her own personal story of facing death from an incurable cancer and the solace of having a choice about how she might die.
Living With Cancer: A Tour of Hospice I welcomed the idea of touring a new hospice facility to confront my fears of pain while dying, writes Susan Gubar in her continuing Living With Cancer series.
In this video from the fall 2016 Palliative Care Institute seminar – Death Happens: Let’s Talk About Your Choices, Grace Wang tells the story of her husband Ethan’s decision to choose Death with Dignity. Ethan Remmel, was an Associate Professor of Psychology at Western Washington University. He wrote a moving and powerful blog, Living While Dying, for Psychology Today…
Dragonfly’s Eye: Instructions for my Funeral Marie Eaton I have often thought that after death, we just become part of the larger great spirit, and there have been moments in my life where it seems the fabric between here and the beyond rips open, and we are given a glimpse. One such time led me…