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| How To Die 'A Good Death'
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| posted on Thursday, June 26, 2008
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The elusive concept of a "good" death has become a hot topic, inspired
by the leave-takings of two great communicators, the Irish writer Nuala
O'Faolain and the American computer science lecturer Randy Pausch. It is also the subject of a new book, The Art of Dying, a nod to the
medieval texts Ars Moriendi that set out protocols for dying. The
authors, Dr Peter and Elizabeth Fenwick, argue that, obsessed with
prolonging life, we have lost the habit of helping people to die a good
death. "Hi-tech around the deathbed is sometimes more concerned with
the feelgood factor of the relatives and the medical profession, who
need to feel they have done everything they can, than with the peace
and comfort of the dying," they say.
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| More On Green Funerals
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| posted on Sunday, April 20, 2008
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It's no longer enough to live a greener life—now people are being
encouraged to be environmentally friendly when they leave the Earth too.
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| Dying 'Last Lecture' Prof's New Book Becomes Runaway Best Seller
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| posted on Saturday, April 19, 2008
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Randy Pausch's new book, The Last Lecture, shot to number one on
several online best-seller lists, including Amazon.com, after it was
released last week. Pausch, a terminally-ill Carnegie Mellon computer
science professor, became a national celebrity last year after a talk
he gave became a viral video sensation.
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| Suicide Machine Lets You Push Final Button
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| posted on Monday, March 31, 2008
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One press of a button and you can end your life with a swift injection
of potassium chloride. That is the boast of Roger Kusch, once one of
Germany's most promising conservative politicians and now the
improbable promoter of a mercy-killing machine.
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| How Doctors Tell Patients They're Dying
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| posted on Monday, March 10, 2008
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Telling patients they're going to die is less dramatic than one might
think, and contrary to popular belief, most doctors refuse to estimate
how many weeks or months patients have left to live.
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| 'The Undertaking' (Death Through The Eyes Of A Poet Undertaker)
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| posted on Monday, November 12, 2007
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FRONTLINE's The Undertaking, enters the world of Thomas Lynch, a
writer, poet and undertaker whose family for three generations has
cared for both the living and the dead in a small Michigan town.
Through the intimate stories of families coming to terms with grief,
mortality, and a funeral's rituals, the film illuminates the heartbreak
and beauty in the journey taken between the living and the dead when a
loved one dies.
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| Oprah/Dr. Oz: A Special Report On Death
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| posted on Thursday, October 25, 2007
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I just finished watching today's episode of Oprah. It focused on two
spirited people who are dealing with terminal cancer -- a young woman
named Kris Carr and a college professor you have already met, Randy
Pausch. I encourage all of you to visit Oprah's website and watch this program.
If you've already watched Pausch's lecture, there is still much to
learn from the discussion Dr. Oz and Oprah have with Randy Pausch. Kris
Carr's story and corresponding discussion is equally riveting.
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| Gene Breakthrough: Humans May Stay Young For 400 Years
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| posted on Wednesday, October 17, 2007
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"In principle, if you understand the mechanisms of keeping things
repaired, you could keep things going indefinitely," says Cynthia
Kenyon, biochemist at the University of California at San Francisco. In
her lab she has increased the life span of tiny worms called
Caenorhabditis elegans up to six times their normal lifespan by
suppressing a single gene. This regulator gene, named daf-2, in
combination with other genes, appears to control an entire cluster of
genes that direct aging not only in worms, but in similar genetic
pathways in flies, mice and, possibly humans. This is the equivalent of
people living for 400 years, and the good news is that the worms stay
young for most of their extended lifespans.
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| CMU Professor Gives His Last Lesson On Life
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| posted on Thursday, September 27, 2007
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Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch, who is dying from pancreatic
cancer, gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before
a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving talk, "Really Achieving
Your Childhood Dreams," Pausch talked about his lessons learned and
gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal
goals.
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