Resources For Understanding Death

Death Conversation

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What A Hospice Physician Who Interviewed 1,400 Patients Can Tell Us About Dying

Visions and vivid dreams are end-of-life experiences that are seldom talked about. They often include reunions with deceased loved ones — and can provide dying patients with profound comfort.

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Lessons For the Living From the Dying

From every loss in Amanda Carr’s life has come a deeper understanding of the dying experience and a greater appreciation for life.

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The world can certainly do with a little more kindness

"Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth." —Naomi Shihab Nye

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Preparing Children to Visit Someone Who is Dying

Death and Dying can be scary subjects, particularly for kids. But they don’t have…

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The Final Act: How We Can Learn to Face Our Death With Clarity and Compassion

Playwright, director, and author Karen Malpede makes a compelling call for us to embrace…

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Sayin’ It Louder

As we look and try to learn more about (and how to battle) racism…

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The audio feature Death: A Five-Part Series by the Nour Foundation

The Nour Foundation, which operates on special consultative status to the United Nations Economic…

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Death Makes Life Possible

“Being OK with dying is a weird place to be. People think that I’ve…

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Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?

Roz Chast’s 2014 book, Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? starts with this…

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StoryCorps

StoryCorps—the organization that encourages us to “help create an archive of the wisdom of…