by Michelle Meltzer | Feb 21, 2018 |
How Should Doctors Help Terminally Ill Patients Prepare for Death? But over the past few weeks, the story of Brittany Maynard — a 29-year-old woman diagnosed with terminal brain cancer who has chosen to end her life on Nov. 1 rather than allow the disease to progress...
by Michelle Meltzer | Feb 7, 2018 |
Article: Understanding Grief Can Help Us Adapt To Climate Change Grief is a natural response to the loss of something cherished – a loved one, a place, a memory, an icon, a way of life. As people adapt to the increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather...
by Michelle Meltzer | Feb 7, 2018 |
What Really Happens at the End of Life At the end of our lives, what do we most wish for? For many, it’s simply comfort, respect, love. BJ Miller is a hospice and palliative medicine physician who thinks deeply about how to create a dignified, graceful end of...
by Michelle Meltzer | Feb 7, 2018 |
The Intentional Caregiver I originally created this blog somewhere around 2008 as a place to gather collected information and resources and as an outlet for my own caregiving journey with my father. It has since developed into a network of experts who have become...
by Michelle Meltzer | Feb 5, 2018 |
How to Prepare for a Good Death Death is an uncomfortable topic. Although we’re well-acquainted with platitudes that remind us to seize the moment and live each day like it’s our last, few of us devote real time to envisioning the end of our lives — or the lives of...
