Monthly Archives: April 2013

How will I know I’m dying?

How will I know I’m dying? How will my family know? :- Doug.

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The work of peace

How might we take the work of peace in death to our society, a society that thinks death is a failure? :- Doug.

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For cure or for care?

If you are terminally ill do you want to be treated for cure or for care? :- Doug.

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The uncommonly good

Let’s look among us for the uncommonly good. :- Doug.

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When is death?

When is death when a loved one has dementia? When the personality disappears? How much of it? When the body disappears? :- Doug.

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Who’s doing it well?

Who’s doing it well? Follow that one. :- Doug.

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Make room

Help families make room for a good death. :- Doug.

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Alzheimer’s now 6th leading cause of death

According to this NPR report, Alzheimer’s is now the 6th leading cause of death in this country. :- Doug.

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Let us be sharing stories

Let us be sharing stories of people dying well. :- Doug.

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Who and what practices allow people to die well?

Who and what practices allow people to die well? :- Doug.

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Loving them as they die?

How then shall we live as we die? How then shall we love them as they die? :- Doug.

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Unrealistic expectations

There was a phrase in one end of life study report I read this morning: unrealistic expectations. Families have unrealistic expectations about what can be done for their loved one at the end of life. We can say that whatever … Continue reading

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No guarantees: only curiosity

No guarantees: only curiosity. :- Doug.

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This is harder on your family:

It’s harder on your family to not have the conversation. :- Doug.

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Who here cares how people die?

Who here cares how people die? :- Doug.

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“California daughters?”

What if we invited a room full of “California Daughters” to talk about end of life care for Mom and Dad? :- Doug.

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