We conclude year 2019 of The Good Death Society Blog with a look at end-of-life books published this year, courtesy of blog contributor Jim Van Buskirk.
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When a young child in our life experiences the death of the beloved family pet or a grandparent who has always been there to spoil him/her, we want to give comfort and solace, but how do we do that without painting mythical pictures of angels floating on clouds with harp in hand? Becker’s book, “What happens When We Die?,” helps with that.
Seth Andrews–The Thinking Atheist–discusses death and end-of-life issues from his perspective.
A review of the new HBO documentary “Alternate Endings: Six New Ways to Die in America,” 67 minutes in length, which began airing on August 14.
Suicide is not merely too harsh or blunt or embarrassing or unpleasant or offensive when applied to a self-controlled death. It is inaccurate based on its meaning and associations accumulated over time. The search for more accuracy in our descriptions continues.
What resources and services do home funeral guides and end-of-life (EOL) assistants offer or provide?
Those of us in the right to die (RTD) movement want to take charge of our own deaths should we be faced with unwanted suffering, either immediately or in the foreseeable future. Some of us who are supported by our families and friends might also like for those same family members and friends to take care of what happens to our bodies after death–a do-it-yourself (DIY) approach to funerals. Others of us won’t care or we may favor a commercial disposition option.
Nothing is more personal than how we define a good death, yet our definition may not be obvious at first. Consideration of this question leads me to the idea that a good death is a dignified death; that is, the dying process is dignified. To maintain dignity in the dying process depends greatly on how our death comes. If it comes through violent means, dignity may not be found.
A former Dominican priest shares his thoughts on ending life gracefully after a fruitful time on this earth.
Talking to children about death is a topic not yet dealt with on this blog. This first discussion by author and blogger Dale McGowan approaches the topic from a freethinking, rather than from a religious perspective. Even for the religious among us, McGowan offers some insights that may be helpful. And even adults may derive benefit from his perspective.
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