2015’s Most Memorable Death Essays and More
2015 was a good year for death. Without much hesitation writers and editors both agreed that death topics sold copy/generated clicks so the stories kept…
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August 18, 2013Radically Extending Life and Choosing to Die
Living to 120 and Beyond: Americans’ Views on Aging, Medical Advances and Radical Life Extension Pew Research Center (August 2013) If new medical treatments could…
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February 24, 2013
Six-Degrees of Kevin Bacon Flatlining. Poor sad Billy Mahoney
‘Erasing Death’ Explores the Science Of Resuscitation
Fresh Air with Terry Gross (February 20, 2013)Terry Gross, of Fresh Air and National Public Radio fame, interviewed Dr. Sam Parnia regarding his new book on human death experiences. It’s one of the most interesting near death/after death discussions that I have heard in a long time. It’s a fascinating topic, laden with metaphysics and theology, but Parnia’s research approach seems to use science, medicine, philosophy, and religion.
Anyone in Generation X, such as myself, Parnia’s work will automatically conjure images of an after death Kevin Bacon in the 1990 classic Flatliners.
Poor sad Billy Mahoney.
‘Erasing Death’ Explores the Science Of Resuscitation Fresh Air with Terry Gross (February 20, 2013) Terry Gross, of Fresh Air and National Public Radio fame,…
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February 3, 2013Choosing Death for Pets. Choosing Death for Humans.
Weighing the End of Life Louise Aronson, New York Times (February 3, 2013) How can we measure the quality of life, for our beloved pets…
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January 20, 2013Radiolab short on Medical Doctors and their End-of-Life Choices
The Bitter End Radiolab short (January 15, 2013) We turn to doctors to save our lives — to heal us, repair us, and keep us…
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January 13, 2013Will Self on the Right to Die
Terminal Thoughts Will Self, BBC Radio 4 (January 11, 2013) UK Writer Will Self put together a very good BBC Radio essay on suicide and…
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January 4, 2013The Right to Die in 2013
A Life Worth Ending The era of medical miracles has created a new phase of aging, as far from living as it is from dying….
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December 23, 2012Reflections on Mass Shootings in America
Packing Protection or Packing Suicide Risk? Shankar Vedantam, Washington Post (July 07, 2008) Anatomy of a Murder-Suicide Andrew Solomon, New York Times (December 22,…
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June 9, 2011The Kevorkian Generation
Life After Kevorkian He fought for the right to assisted suicide. Now what should we do with it? William Saletan, Slate (June 3, 2011) I…
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March 12, 2011Samaritans and Facebook Partner
The Samaritans, a confidential, emotional support service serving the U.K. and Ireland, launched a partnership with Facebook this past week. Now, any Facebook user who…
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January 22, 2011Guard and Reserve Suicides Up
The Army released final year-end statistics on Wednesday indicating a 24% increase in Guard and Reserve deaths last year. While the Army is seeing…
