The something large we can give away is conversation: within the family, between patient and physician, between client and lawyer. Conversation informs, conversation reshapes, conversation creates. :- Doug.

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Denying each other

Posted on August 11, 2012 by dgermann

As to dying our own deaths consider how we deny each other our own deaths by chemotherapy continued too long, looking for a cure when healing is what we really want, not giving comfort measures, dying in a violent and … Continue reading →

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The right thing to do

Posted on August 10, 2012 by dgermann

It is the right thing to do, to start this conversation. Give away something big and important. :- Doug.

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An ethical question

Posted on August 9, 2012 by dgermann

Here is the ethical question I see: Ought we lawyers and doctors, parents and children to tell people of their right to their own death? Ought we with them to open the conversation about their choices, to help them choose? … Continue reading →

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In the book of life

Posted on August 8, 2012 by dgermann

In the book of life we each have some chapters yet no chapter is life’s end maybe one is the last in which you appear or maybe you set in motion what comes after or make meaning of who or … Continue reading →

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Conversing with doctors

Posted on August 5, 2012 by dgermann

In conversations with Doctors I have found they are at a big loss, maybe bigger than the rest of us, about how to get this end of life conversation spreading. :- Doug.

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Death is not

Posted on August 4, 2012 by dgermann

Death is not the enemy of life rather a part of it of me rather one of my chapters :- Doug.

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Wills and Trusts are not difficult complex things

Posted on August 2, 2012 by dgermann

The difficult complex things in families are not how we write a Will or a Trust or a deed. Rather they are in getting conversations going, deciding directions, making life choices. People keep these to themselves often out of avoiding … Continue reading →

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Senior flash mob

Posted on July 23, 2012 by dgermann

http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/west_roxbury/2012/06/video_seniors_flash_mob_west_r.html :- Doug.

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Interview your elders

Posted on July 18, 2012 by dgermann

Interview your elders: What is life about? What does it mean to be an elder to your tribe, to do the work of eldering? :- Doug.

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Conversation: what matters

Posted on July 17, 2012 by dgermann

Conversation: what matters. :- Doug.

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Law is a complex weave

Posted on July 16, 2012 by dgermann

Law is a complex weave of possibilities, risks, costs, feelings, interests, people, and vagaries, among other threads. It is not therefore a vending machine: money in/product out. :- Doug.

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