Kicked the bucket, pushing up daises, passed on...why do we struggle to say they "died"? Learn about why we use euphemisms, and how our choice of words matters.
How do you know when someone is in the final stages of dying, and how can you help? In this episode Dr. Matzo shares what to expect in the final stages before death so you can be prepared and also know how to provide comfort to the very end.
This is the first of a series of talks about the last hours of living with the focus this week on pain and skin. In is natural to assume that what we have been told to do to recuperate and be healthy are the same as what is seen during the dying process. The approaches and rules are different when...
Jane Fendelman contacted Marianne wishing to have an interview to chat about death and dying. Jane is a cancer survivor and has worked as a private counselor for many years, eventually getting hospice certifications. Conversation flowed from what is a "good death" to many other thoughts from...
Why do we say Everyone Dies? We may prefer to pretend that death is something to be fought against and “beat”, especially in the face of life threatening or life limiting illnesses. The truth is that everyone dies. Marie Curie stated that "Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be...
Every living thing will die. There are three reasons that people die: it is because they are very very sick, very very hurt (injured), or very very old. Marianne and Charlie explore our culture's perception of death through time and how we deal with the ultimate finality of life.