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My Pet Died. How Can I Feel Better?

By Steven Dowshen — 2018

Whether it's from old age, illness, or an accident, animals — like people — will die sometime. Veterinarians can do wonderful things for pets. But sometimes all the medical skill in the world can't save an animal.

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The Conversation: A Revolutionary Plan for End-of-Life Care

There is an unspoken dark side of American medicine—keeping patients alive at any price. Two-thirds of Americans die in healthcare institutions, tethered to machines and tubes at bankrupting costs, even though research shows that most prefer to die at home in comfort, surrounded by loved ones. Dr.

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Angelo E. Volandes
2016
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We Don’t “Move On” from Grief. We Move Forward with It | Nora McInerny

In a talk that's by turns heartbreaking and hilarious, writer and podcaster Nora McInerny shares her hard-earned wisdom about life and death. Her candid approach to something that will, let's face it, affect us all, is as liberating as it is gut-wrenching.

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2019
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A Beginner’s Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death

“There is nothing wrong with you for dying,” hospice physician B.J. Miller and journalist and caregiver Shoshana Berger write in A Beginner’s Guide to the End. “Our ultimate purpose here isn’t so much to help you die as it is to free up as much life as possible until you do.

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BJ Miller, Shoshana Berger
2020
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Death or Loss of an Animal Companion