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Each July, the National Center for Death Education (NCDE) hosts a summer institute on the campus of Mount Ida. This annual program is made up of a series of workshops focused on grief, loss and bereavement. Participants explore counseling and … Continue reading →

The AHNA conference is getting close, June 2-5, and rooms are selling out at the Mount Washington Resort in Bretton Woods, NH. Looks like it is going to be terrific. Check their website for details. www.ahna.org

First a definition: death is the separation of the soul from the body, a phenomenon we can’t know has happened with moral certainty until corruption has begun. “Death” does not mean the cessation of breathing or heartbeat, nor does “brain … Continue reading →

Sacred Dying: Creating Rituals for Embracing the End of Life • Life and Death on Your Own Terms by Megory Anderson; Roseville, California, Prima Publishing, 2001, 364 pages, $23.95 • by L. L. Basta, M.D.; Amherst, New York, Prometheus Books, … Continue reading →

A Journey From the Known to the Unknown (from the excellent newly revived about.com/palliative care section) Death is simply a shedding of the physical body like the butterfly shedding its cocoon. It is a transition to a higher state of … Continue reading →

Refusal of artificial feeding as a natural part of dying Judith Ahronheim, MD Adapted extract from an article entitled ‘Artificial feeding: what’s involved?’ by Judith Ahronheim, MD, Associate Professor of Geriatrics and Medicine at Mt. Sinai Medical School, New York … Continue reading →