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DEBORAH GOLDEN ALECSON

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Dying in America

Dying in America

Distance EDU on Demand presents Deborah Golden Alecson's discussion on a September 2014 report issued by the Institute of Medicine called “Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life.” Alecson is a faculty member in the Schools of Health Science and Nursing and one of Excelsior’s resident experts on death, dying and bereavement. Click here to listen. #podcast #excelsiorcollege #death #dying #interfaith

Spiritual Views on Death and the Afterlife (Second Annual)

Excelsior College faculty member, Deborah Golden Alecson, participates in the second Interfaith Forum on Death, Dying, and the Afterlife. 2014 #video #death #dying #afterlife #interfaith #excelsiorcollege

Spiritual Views on Death and the Afterlife

Excelsior College faculty member, Deborah Golden Alecson, introduces the first Interfaith Forum on Death, Dying, and the Afterlife held in February 2013. #video #death #dying #afterlife #interfaith #excelsiorcollege

Featured Posts

Musings on Mortality: Good dying time results in good death

Musings on Mortality: Good dying time results in good death

Musings on Mortality: Combat stress by embracing whatever brings joy

Musings on Mortality: Combat stress by embracing whatever brings joy

Musings on Mortality: Being open about death helps everyone

Musings on Mortality: Being open about death helps everyone

Musings on Mortality: Current events can escalate death phobia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Recent Posts

Musings on Mortality: Good dying time results in good death

Musings on Mortality: Combat stress by embracing whatever brings joy

Musings on Mortality: Being open about death helps everyone

Musings on Mortality: Current events can escalate death phobia

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

Thanatology and Poetry: A Conversation Between Deborah Golden Alecson and Thomas Fink

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

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

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

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

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