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  • Hospital-at-Home Programs Are Revolutionizing Patient CareHospital-at-home programs provide in-home care for the seriously ill

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    Brianna Deutsch

    Hospital-at-Home Programs Are Revolutionizing Patient Care
    Hospital-at-home programs provide in-home care for the seriously ill

  • “The Lifespan of a Fact” by John D’Agata and Jim Fingal
    Some reactions to a book that explores life’s big subjects: truth and death

    As some might remember, there was a bit of an uproar this past winter over a thin, somewhat funny-looking book called The Lifespan of a Fact by John D’Agata and […]

    Katie Ryan

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  • How do Authors Portray Death in Thriller Novels?An interview from The Creative Penn with a real-life detective reveals how often they get it wrong.

    How do Authors Portray Death in Thriller Novels?
    An interview from The Creative Penn with a real-life detective reveals how often they get it wrong.

    One pervasive way our culture’s intrigue with death is manifested is through crime thriller novels. On TV, at the movies, and in literature, we devour the scenes and experiences of […]

    Dana Sitar

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  • Our Ongoing List of Touching Funeral Songs: Fire and Rain
    James Taylor sings of loss: “But I always thought that I’d see you again”

    One of the top classic funeral songs about the loss of a good friend: I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain I’ve seen sunny days that I thought would never […]

    Suzette Sherman

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  • “Nothing Twice”Discussing "YOLO" and Wislawa Szymborska's "Nothing Twice"

    “Nothing Twice”
    Discussing “YOLO” and Wislawa Szymborska’s “Nothing Twice”

    My sister is among the many, many young people currently obsessed with the phrase, “YOLO”: that’s “you only live once,” if you’re not hip to the lingo. It’s essentially the […]

    Kelly Larsen

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  • Return to the Sea
    Saltworks by Motoi Yamamoto aid the artist’s healing through grief.

    Return to the Sea: Saltworks by Motoi Yamamoto from John Reynolds & Lee Donaldson on Vimeo. Japanese installation artist Motoi Yamamoto was born in Onomichi, Hiroshima, and worked in a […]

    Dana Sitar

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  • What is the Conversation Project? (Interview)The Conversation Project seeks to share and encourage end-of-life discussion

    What is the Conversation Project? (Interview)
    The Conversation Project seeks to share and encourage end-of-life discussion

      Martha Hayward is the former Lead for Public and Patient Engagement at the Conversation Project, a Boston-based non-profit “dedicated to helping people talk about their end-of-life wishes.” The Conversation […]

    Antal Polony

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  • “My grandmother was a very tough woman. She buried three husbands and two of them were just napping.”
    -Rita Rudner

    Photo Credit: LOL Comedy TV Flickr

    Kelly Larsen

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  • “A Terrible Thing Happened”A story for children who have witnessed violence or experienced trauma.

    “A Terrible Thing Happened”
    A story for children who have witnessed violence or experienced trauma.

    Sherman Smith saw the most terrible thing happen. At first he tried to forget about it, but soon something inside him started to bother him. Research has shown that children […]

    Dana Sitar

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  • Hinduism: How the World’s Oldest Religion Is Not, Strictly Speaking, a ReligionHindu death rituals are carefully defined and lovingly observed

    Hinduism: How the World’s Oldest Religion Is Not, Strictly Speaking, a Religion
    Hindu death rituals are carefully defined and lovingly observed

    Every culture, and every person within that culture, has a different way of dealing with death. A different set of rules, beliefs, practices, personal and societal rituals, strategies for dealing […]

    Antal Polony

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