Books About Death and Dying 2020 – May 2022
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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 ...)
On Their Own Terms
I hope others might be inspired to hold frank and open conversations about fundamental questions most of us will face. It would be so much less lonely for us all. (Continue reading ...)
The Danger of Pathologizing Normal Emotions
Your emotional reaction to a dread disease diagnosis can have major implications for whether your treatment preferences will be accepted. (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 ...)
For People With Dementia, Changes in MAiD Law Offer New Hope
Changes to Bill C-7 (Canada) have released people with dementia from a cruel trap by letting them make provisions in advance to end their lives. (Continue reading ...)
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 ...)
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 ...)