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DEBORAH GOLDEN ALECSON

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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

"To be or not to be, that is the question," Hamlet articulates in Shakespeare's play "Hamlet." We can reword this question for those of us in the grip of the medical industrial complex: To die or not to die, that is the question. We have achieved the capacity to stave off death and we... Read more. #DeborahAlecson #death #thanatology #medicalindustrialcomplex #lungcancer #chemotherapy #terminallyill #healthinsurance #pancreaticcancer #dyingtime #oncologist

Redefining Hope with Deborah Golden Alecson

Hospice Care in the Berkshires Presents "Inside Hospice Care" with host, Jane Salata, speaking with author, thanatologist, poet and educator, Deborah Golden Alecson, on the topic of redefining hope. Recorded in 2009. #hospice #death #dying #thanatology #medicalethics #pancreaticcancer #berkshires #video

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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

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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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