Dying

My Father Is Dying

Judy Wieder | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living


Judy Wieder

Deep in a rustic canyon, tucked away in the bedroom of his beautiful glass home, wrapped tightly in a hospice hospital bed, buried behind the damage of another stroke, my father is dying.

Few Americans Make End-Of-Life Wishes Known

hosted.ap.org | Matt Sedensky | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living


Unlike most Americans, Lillian Landry made her end-of-life decisions years ago: no heroic measures to save her and even instructions on the bar where ...

Broadway Play Tackles Issues of Death

nytimes.com | Gina Kolata | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living


Ms. Smith, a tall, imposing woman, takes on the character of her subjects by repeating their exact words, complete with regional accents, ums and uhs ...

How To Comfort The Grieving

beliefnet.com | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living


When a person you care about is hurting, you hurt, too. When that person is grieving the loss of a loved one, there are some steps you can take to eas...

Two Kinds Of Deaths

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living


Susan Smalley, Ph.D.

It is an interesting dichotomy - one group seems to open with age, the other seems to close. With openness, it seems that death is much less frightening as if it is merely another viewpoint of sorts.

WATCH: Sanjay Gupta And Stephen Colbert On Cheating Death

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 10.13.2009 | Books


Sanjay Gupta, Chief Medical Correspondent for CNN, spoke to Stephen Colbert last night about his new book, Cheating Death. He explained that there's m...

Grieving The Loss Of My Dad

divinecaroline.com | Alison Schroeder (View Profile) | Posted 10.02.2009 | Living


My dad passed away on May 2, 2009 at the age of 52 after a courageous battle with colon cancer. What a guy! In his lifetime he was happily married to ...

Legacy: A New Vision of Aging

Rachael Freed | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living


Rachael Freed

Older adults are developing new values and new perspectives: redefining self, relationships, and fundamental existential questions like time, space, life, and death.

Lessons in Loving While My Father Was Dying

Jason Mannino | Posted 10.09.2009 | Living


Jason Mannino

Fifteen years ago at my grandmother's funeral was the last time I saw my dad. Two weeks ago I was standing in front of him face to face. It wasn't the visit I had hoped for. He had departed his body 3 days earlier, and I was in attendance at his funeral.

8 Million Americans Consider Suicide

Yahoo | Associated Press | Posted 09.18.2009 | Living


More than 8 million Americans seriously consider suicide each year, according to a new government study. About 32,000 suicides occur in the United St...

Swayze: Lifestyle Choices May Have Prolonged Life

ABC News | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living


It may have helped that Swayze, a dancer, stayed in shape his whole life, and remained active even after his diagnosis. He filmed a full season of the...

One Vibrant Life

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living


Susan Smalley, Ph.D.

I went to a memorial service yesterday for a friend's mother who died at 99. It was full of some 50+ people who knew this extraordinary woman - an ordinary mom who revealed the extraordinary in everyday life.

How to Write a Eulogy

intent.com | Dr. Roberta Temes | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living


It is an honor to commemorate the life of a person who has recently died. Are you preparing a eulogy? Here's some help from Dr. Roberta Temes, who s...

Life Lessons From a Dying Friend

Paul Loeb | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics


Paul Loeb

Given the size of my existing medical debt, a second miracle remission is simply out of the question. The resulting stress would prove to be fatal.

Watch: Grieving U.S. Moms Find Solace In Africa

Idol Chatter | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living


Losing a parent is a life phase, something we're conditioned mentally and perhaps biologically to endure. Losing a child so reverses the pattern tha...

Death, Fear and The Elephant In The Room

Rose Winters | Posted 09.21.2009 | Living


Rose Winters

There are very few irrefutable facts in this world that remain absolute. This is one: We all die. Yet it is a topic that rarely enters our conversations.

How Americans Cope With End Of Life Decisions: Study

Pew Social & Demographic Trends | By Kim Parker, Pew Research Center | Posted 09.20.2009 | Living


The national debate over health care reform has focused new attention on the decisions people make about medical care at the end stages of life. Publ...

Our Health Care System Does Not Need Fixing

Olivia Rosewood | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics


Olivia Rosewood

Our health care system doesn't need to be fixed, because it wasn't working. Our health care system needs a complete systemic make over.

'Prescriptive Music' Comforts The Dying

msn.com | Posted 08.24.2009 | Living


SPRINGFIELD, Ore. - In a white-walled hospital room, pancreatic cancer slowly drained all the life that remained in Carolyn. There was nothing more t...

Learning to Die

Jim Selman | Posted 08.21.2009 | Living


Jim Selman

Learning to die is really learning to live. It is 'letting go' of the past and the future and allowing ourselves to experience the serenity of just being alive.

Living Through Wanting to Die

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 08.09.2009 | Living


Mark Goulston, M.D.

Devastating illnesses can bring patients to the brink of a seemingly agreeable suicide. The role of the psychiatrist can be to look coldly through the pain and determine if there is a way to save the patient's life and make it worth enduring.

Writing Your Own Obituary

Jan Phillips | Posted 08.09.2009 | Living


Jan Phillips

We should give some thought to death, particularly our own. It helps us clarify what's really important.

On (Public) Death and Dying

Christal Smith | Posted 08.02.2009 | Entertainment


Christal Smith

Perhaps we find that immersing ourselves in the deaths of others is cathartic

Dead At 32: What Jamie Dyer Dordek Can Teach You About Living

Eli Davidson | Posted 07.06.2009 | Living


Eli Davidson

I didn't meet Jamie until after she died. Think life is certain? Guess again. Jaime was a blaze of florescent colors until she stepped off a curb ...

Why Our Stories Matter

Holly Robinson | Posted 06.27.2009 | Living


Holly Robinson

The last time I called my father, he asked me what time it was. "Don't you have a watch, Dad?" I asked. "No, they always take those away when you ...