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The Death of a Child

2015

Anam Cara is an all-Ireland organization supporting parents and families after the death of a son or daughter (through any circumstance or at any age).

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A Heartfelt Appeal for a Graceful Exit

Studies of dying patients who seek a hastened death have shown that their reasons often go beyond physical ones like intractable pain or emotional ones like feeling hopeless.

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Jane E. Brody
2008
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Terminal Options for the Irreversibly Ill

My Feb. 5 column, “A Heartfelt Appeal for a Graceful Exit,” prompted a deluge of information and requests for information on how people too sick to reap meaningful pleasure from life might be able to control their death.

Article
Jane E. Brody
2008
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The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying

Poet and essayist Nina Riggs was just thirty-seven years old when initially diagnosed with breast cancer—one small spot. Within a year, she received the devastating news that her cancer was terminal.

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Nina Riggs
2025
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Mindfully Facing Disease and Death: Compassionate Advice from Early Buddhist Texts

This book provides a practical guide for those facing disease and death by helping them to access the ageless wisdom of the Buddha’s teaching. Disease and death are undeniably integral parts of human life. Yet when they manifest we are easily caught unprepared.

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Bhikkhu Analayo
2017
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