COVID-19

May 07

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DEA Has Rare Moment Of Good Sense, Prodded By Outcry From Right To Die Community

By Jay Niver | COVID-19, Death With Dignity, Medical Aid in Dying | 4 Comments

We had a a rare reason to celebrate last week when the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) pulled back on its threat to curtail the boom in “telemedicine” that allowed us to deal with COVID-19.

Apr 09

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End-Of-Life Conversations Can Be Hard, But Your Loved Ones Will Thank You

By Deborah Carr | Advance Directives, COVID-19, Dying, End-of-life care, End-of-Life Planning, Funeral Planning, Healthcare Power of Attorney, Hospice, Living Will, Palliative Care, The Five Wishes | One Comment

End-of-life conversations can ease suffering for families, not just patients. You can start these conversations simply, like saying, “I need to think about the future. Can you help me?”

Apr 10

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My Brother’s Keeper – Part Two

By Kevin Bradley | Advance Directives, COVID-19, Dementia, Disability, DNR, Dying, End-of-life care, Final Exit Network, Funeral Planning, Grief, Healthcare Power of Attorney, Healthcare Proxy, Mental Illness, Suffering and Death, Surrogate, The Right to Die | 4 Comments

Suffering after death — the family’s burden.

Apr 03

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My Brother’s Keeper – the Beginning of the End

By Kevin Bradley | Advance Directives, COVID-19, Dementia, Disability, DNR, Dying, End-of-life care, Final Exit Network, Grief, Healthcare Power of Attorney, Healthcare Proxy, Mental Illness, Suffering and Death, Surrogate, The Right to Die | 7 Comments

Do you know what can go wrong without advance directives and an end-of-life plan? You have NO IDEA.

Feb 27

1

Black Lives and Black Deaths Matter

By Rev. Jamie Eaddy Chism | Black Lives Matter, Choice, COVID-19, Death Doula, Discrimination, Dying, End-of-life care, Free speech, Grief, Medical Aid in Dying, Palliative Care, Pandemic, Religion, Spirituality, Suffering and Death, The Right to Die | 11 Comments

People experience death in varied ways. Different colors, different cultures, demand different approaches to the dying process.

May 03

2

Wisdom from the Stoics at a critical time

By Lamar Hankins | COVID-19 | 13 Comments

Accepting your own mortality during the time of Covid-19.

Mar 29

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Living in the high-risk category in the time of COVID-19

By Lamar Hankins | Advance Directives, COVID-19, Final Exit Network | 9 Comments

We are all in the high-risk category for death because all living things die. However, each of us hopes to live a long, productive (however defined), satisfying life in the meantime. Covid-19 is causing many of us to reassess how long we may have left.