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DEBORAH GOLDEN ALECSON

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Musings on Mortality: Plan a dignified death on your own terms

Musings on Mortality: Plan a dignified death on your own terms

Many people have expressed to me their desire for a dignified death for themselves and their loved ones. This is a challenge in a death-phobic culture where life at all costs (physically, emotionally and financially) is the norm. Too many of us know someone whose dying time was... Read more. #DeborahAlecson #thanatology #death #advanceddirectives #powerofattorney #healthcare #endoflife #TheFiveWishes #POLST #MOLST #terminallyill

Musings on Mortality: Patient-centered care feeds death phobia

Musings on Mortality: Patient-centered care feeds death phobia

IIan Morrison, Ph.D., starts a piece that he has written for the online newsletter Hospitals & Health Network (March 3, 2015) as follows: "As a Scottish-Canadian-Californian, I have always said that I have a unique perspective on health care and all things to do with health care, including... Read more. #patientcenteredcare #deathphobia #DeborahAlecson #deathanddying #IanMorrisonPhD #healthcare #Medicare #autonomy

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Musings on Mortality: Being open about death helps everyone

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Musings on Mortality: Current events can escalate death phobia

Musings on Mortality: To die or not to die? The answer isn't so simple

Musings on Mortality: To die or not to die? The answer isn't so simple

Musings on Mortality: Plan a dignified death on your own terms

Musings on Mortality: Plan a dignified death on your own terms

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Musings on Mortality: It's OK if grief creeps in during holidays

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Musings on Mortality: Maybe if we celebrated death we wouldn't fear it

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Musings on Mortality: Difference between suicide, medical aid in dying

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Musings on Mortality: How 'death phobia' contributes to xenophobia

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Musings on Mortality: Good dying time results in good death

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