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Reimagining Death As A Thing That’s Not So Bad
“My family didn’t talk a lot about death and I wanted to have a relationship with this part of life.”
The Painful Toll When It Comes To Caring For A Loved One
Caregiver strain among family members can be excruciating; here are some ways to manage the care and the stress.
State-by-State POLST Forms
A Physicians Order for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form is a medical order and is available to people with advanced...
State-by-State Advance Directive Forms
An Advance Health Care Directive, also called an Advance Directive, is a legal document stating how you would like to be treated...
State-By-State Death With Dignity Legislation
While the debate still carries on, more states are poised to make the Death With Dignity, also known as Aid-In-Dying and...
Medicare Proposes Paying Doctors To Talk About This
Advance care planning can be a tough, emotional talk. This could make it a little easier for you and your doctor to have.
A Caregiver's Identity Crisis
If you've even been on the receiving end of a terminal diagnosis or watched someone struggle with a serious illness, then you...
Quiz: Would You Make A Good Health Care Proxy?
A Health Care Proxy, which is one of the major components of an Advance Directive, is the primary decision maker when an...
Questions Every Doctor Should Ask Patients Over 65
You always show up to appointments with a list of questions. It’s about time your doctors did the same.
LSD Might Lessen The Anxiety Of Dying Patients
Scientists claim dropping acid can help people peacefully trip to the other side.
Debunking The Misconceptions About Hospice Care
Once you learn the reality at the core of hospice, it’s not nearly as scary as you might think.
The Five Types Of End-Of-Life Housing And Care
There are many different options for end-of-life housing and care arrangements, with the primary differences being in the amount...
What You Need To Know About Hospice Care
Hospice is an approach to end-of-life care that focuses on providing comfort and dignity to patients at the end of life.
Welcome To The World Of Palliative Care
Palliative Care is delivered through a network of caregivers (doctors, nurses, social workers, clergy, family, etc...) and...
What's A "Physicians Orders For Life Sustaining Treatment"?
A POLST form is a legal document for people with an advanced progressive or terminal illnesses and specifies the type of care a...
How Do You Want To Live At The End Of Your Life?
Know your options and communicate what you want so you can make the right decisions.
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California Governor Signs 'End of Life Option Act' Into Law
On October 5, 2015 California Govenor Jerry Brown signed Bill ABx2 15 titled "End of Life Option Act" into law, which gives...
Terminally Ill Have Permission to Die In New Mexico
If you’re a proponent for ending your life in the event of a terminal illness, the Breaking Bad state has some good news.
A...
The Ultimate End-of-Life Plan
Author Katy Butler’s new book, “Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death,” which chronicles her mother’s...
"The Caretaker," A Short Documentary
The New York Times has shared a short documentary called "The Caretaker" that looks at the loving, compassionate, and...
Rock Center about Making Tough End-of-Life Decisions
Last night Rock Center with Brian Williams aired a very powerful piece about a tough subject: Talking about dying in order...
How Doctors Die
Do doctors die differently than the rest of us? Maybe.
Yesterday over at BoingBoing, editor Xeni Jardin shared an essay...
How Doctors Die, Redux
Last month we brought you a story via BoingBoing that asked if doctors die differently than the rest of us. (The answer, in...
A Daughter's Reflections on Her Father's Death
In Issue 11 of The Magazine (a subscription-based online and iPhone/iPad app that features fascinating short articles on a...
1 in 3 Seniors Dies With (Not Of) Dementia
The Alzheimer's Association released a report stating that 1 in 3 seniors dies with Alzheimer's disease or another type of...
The Identity Crisis of the Patient
After my mom’s cancer diagnosis, lots of things changed: schedules, diets, and priorities, to name a few. But one of the...
How Not to Die
In the May issue of The Atlantic, Jonathan Rauch looks into the work of two doctors, Dr. Angelo Volandes and his wife Dr....
Good End Of Life With Judy MacDonald Johnston
Judy MacDonald Johnston, creator of Good [End Of] Life, gave a powerful talk at the TED conference this year. It inspired us...
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