Living with Death: A Podcast with BJ Miller
Most of us know we are going to die. How often though do we actually let ourselves really internalize that…
Most of us know we are going to die. How often though do we actually let ourselves really internalize that…
In 1968 a committee at Harvard Medical School met to lay down the groundwork for a new definition of death,…
by: Bridget Blitz, LCSW The death had nothing to do with COVID-19 and the funeral had everything to do with…
Dying is in serious need of a redesign. This is the point of BJ Miller’s TED talk that was given…
Figure 2. (above) Age-adjusted death rates, by cause of death among adults aged 65 and over: United States, 2000–2013 The…
By: Paul Tatum @doctatum This year the Obama administration will convene the 2015 White House Conference on Aging (WHCOA). The…
“Knocking on Heaven’s Door” by Katie Butler is a book that will resonate with most of our GeriPal readership. In…
“He’d feel okay about not replacing the pacemaker’s battery when it ran down, he said. But turning it off, he…
The following post is adapted from something I read at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Geriatrics, Palliative, and Extended Care…
Shunryu Suzuki by Robert Boni “Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind” is a collection of talks by the late Zen MasterShunryu Suzuki. The…