Author: Kathleen Clohessy


  • What Is Conscious Dying? (Interview)An interview with hospice social worker, musician and conscious dying guide Deb Grant, Part Two

    What Is Conscious Dying? (Interview)
    An interview with hospice social worker, musician and conscious dying guide Deb Grant, Part Two

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  • Human Longevity, Death Rates and the “Mortality Plateau”
    A new study suggests there may be no “upper limit” to human longevity

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  • “I Want to Die” — The Link Between Cancer and SuicideFar too many people with cancer choose to take their own lives

    “I Want to Die” — The Link Between Cancer and Suicide
    Far too many people with cancer choose to take their own lives

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  • How Can Music Help Ease Pain and Suffering at the End of Life? (Interview)An interview with hospice social worker and sound healing practitioner, Deb Grant, Part One

    How Can Music Help Ease Pain and Suffering at the End of Life? (Interview)
    An interview with hospice social worker and sound healing practitioner, Deb Grant, Part One

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  • “The Five Invitations”A book in which a spiritual teacher and caregiver offers wisdom on living and dying well

    “The Five Invitations”
    A book in which a spiritual teacher and caregiver offers wisdom on living and dying well

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  • A Bold, Playful Take on the Traditional Funerary UrnTwo Mexico City-based designers are redefining what an urn should be

    A Bold, Playful Take on the Traditional Funerary Urn
    Two Mexico City-based designers are redefining what an urn should be

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  • Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease Rarely Use HospiceA recent study shows that Medicare’s policy of precluding “curative” care in hospice is largely to blame

    Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease Rarely Use Hospice
    A recent study shows that Medicare’s policy of precluding “curative” care in hospice is largely to blame

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  • The Dangerous Myth of a Good DeathPlacing expectations on the dying can cause real harm

    The Dangerous Myth of a Good Death
    Placing expectations on the dying can cause real harm

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  • Most Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer Don’t Need ChemotherapyA new study shows the vast majority of women do well on endocrine therapy alone

    Most Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer Don’t Need Chemotherapy
    A new study shows the vast majority of women do well on endocrine therapy alone

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  • Judge Halts California’s End of Life Options ActHundreds of patients are in limbo as the state prepares its appeal

    Judge Halts California’s End of Life Options Act
    Hundreds of patients are in limbo as the state prepares its appeal

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