Lessons in How – and How Not To Die
This story, about one woman’s experience of both best and worst at life’s end, is being told for the dual messages it brings. (Continue reading ...)
How Not To Die In The E.R.
"There should be a JLMA form: Just Leave Me Alone, for those of us who concede that we’re actually going to die some day and work to keep our end-times as inexpensive and comfortable as possible." (Continue reading ...)
Dying Badly In The ICU
"The sentence that sent my blood pressure skyward was this: 'Even if my patients are beyond pain, there is also a cost to those who are forced to perform emergency efforts that is just that: a performance.'” (Continue reading ...)
Here’s to Hospice – But Not For-Profit Please
If you’re a for-profit business in the hospice business, where is your profit coming from? (Continue reading ...)