Month: January 2011
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Melanie Thernstrom on her struggles with chronic pain
Fine, short interview that appeared in Salon in August 2010. Have a look: http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/08/22/pain_chronicles_ext2010
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Richard Rapport on the art of dying well and on the problems associated with end-of-life medical care
“For both of my parents, death came unobstructed,” Rapport writes simply. “This is what all of us wish to have happen: to run up to the edge and fall over.” He concludes, lyrically, “In the end, we will die not only because we have lived, but as we have lived.” Here’s the link to the…
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Ann Hulbert on the last 6 months she spent with her mother
Hulbert’s is an account of someone’s dying well. Here’s the link to the article: http://www.theamericanscholar.org/to-accept-what-cannot-be-helped/
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Hume and Hitchens on end of life
Robert Zaretsky shows that both men faced death with “dignity and lucidity.” Here’s the link to the article: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=414670
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 