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Being With People Like You Offers Comfort Against Death
Posted by Kathy Miller, LCPC on Feb. 7, 2015, 7:54 a.m.
"Greenberg thinks that in this odd way we try to fend off death. He figures that people who are not in your group in some very primal way make you feel invisible."
Interesting! Curious about your thoughts and impressions.
Article looks at why pain and suffering have increased at end of life, despite more use of hospice and palliative care.
"We don't have the vernacular in our society to have the conversation about the end of life," Ihrig said. "People say, 'I don't want to take away someone's hope.' But in a metastatic pancreatic cancer, for example, we have to redefine what we mean by hope," he said, citing one of the most deadly cancers.
Rural Doctor Launches Startup to Ease Pain of Dying Patients
Posted by Kathy Miller, LCPC on Jan. 3, 2015, 3:05 p.m. 2 comments
In rural northern California, Dr. Michael Fratkin provides TLPC Tender Loving Palliative Care) in the homes of his dying patients.
Very near my sunset, I bless you, Life
because you never gave me neither unfilled hope
nor unfair work, nor undeserved sorrow.
Because I see at the end of my rough way
that I was the architect of my own destiny
and if I extracted the sweetness or the bitterness of things
it was because I put the sweetness or the bitterness in them
when I planted rose bushes I always harvested roses
Certainly, winter is going to follow my youth
But you didn’t tell me that May was eternal
I found without a doubt long my nights of pain
But you didn’t promise me only good nights
And in exchange I had some peaceful ones
I loved, I was loved, the sun caressed my face
Life, you owe me nothing,
Life, we are at peace!
This is a poem written by a Mexican poet called Amado Nervo. He wrote this poem in 1915.
I like poetry and this is one of my favorite poems related to death and life.
I hope you enjoy it.
Link: http://www.poemofquotes.com/amadonervo/at-peace.php
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It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth - and that we have no way of kniwing when our time is up - that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it were the only one we had."
Auatralia's Dr Death starts UK "suicide club"
Posted by Lis Horwich on Oct. 15, 2014, 11:15 a.m. 1 comment
Article discussion the new suicide club in London. Food for thought!
A surgeon/professor/staff writer for the NYTimes shares a story about how a dying piano teacher chooses to live her last days.
Link: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/04/23/how-to-find-fulfilling-work-roman-krznaric/
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An online free game that can connect to various social sites. A platformer which at the end of each level asks a question about how you think about death. You answer the question by walking through the door that best fits your response. Beyond the door there is a boss fight puzzle game called Death Cards.
The levels are broken into catergories, Mind, Body, Spirit.
You can view your relation to friends via social networks and/or famous people of the past on a map that plots your answers to the death questions.
It's possible to just answer the questions and see where it plots you on ...
"You are born with your death woven into the fabric of your life. We are not separate. I am your destiny." ~Death~
A unique and uplifting performance about death and dying that will change your life...and your death.
Germany debates whose choice it is to die.
It depends, in part, on where you live and how much money you make.
Link: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/12/desmond-tutu-in-favour-of-assisted-dying
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