Since I’m a regular volunteer at the Community Hospice of Washington DC — and a lot of people I know wonder why I would devote most Friday mornings to tasks they consider “totally depressing” (to quote one of my best friends) — I think I’m in a fairly good position to explain a bit about [...]
It’s important for anyone who receives an unhappy diagnosis to realize that although the phrase ”terminal illness” isn’t exactly a mood-enhancer, it also doesn’t necessarily signal a future of bad pain. Pancreatic cancer patients, for example, often experience no pain.
But for those of you who are experiencing pain — or are friends or relatives of those who may be [...]
Just about every other week a reader writes in with some version of the same question: Who, in the event of an unbearable terminal illness, has the right to shorten a life?
And just about every other week that question sent me scrambling for answers.
Two weeks ago, I was lucky enough to find myself at the Funeral Consumers Alliance [...]
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Posted on January 24th, 2009