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Tag Archives: Dying Well
Understanding the Dying Process
Knowing what a dying body needs and doesn’t need is crucial to providing end of life care
Join SevenPonds each month as Tani Bahti, RN, CT, CHPN offers practical on-hands guidance in an attempt to demystify the dying process. An RN since 1976, Tani has been working to empower families and healthcare professionals to have the best end-of-life experience possible both through education and … Continue reading
Posted in Dying Well
Tagged Comfort for the Dying, Death and Dying, Dying Well, end-of-life, EOL, Preparing for Dying, The Death Process
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”One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present itself again.”
- José Rizal
What is a Dementia Provision? An interview with Mike Turbow
Mike Turbow shares how his professional and personal experiences in dealing with death have helped seek out a solution to help others take control of their own deaths
Today SevenPonds talks with Mike Turbow, who has 40 years of experience as a practicing oncologist and more than 25 years of experience as a hospice medical director at Stanford University. Although he no longer practices medicine, Mike is an … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Advice
Tagged Assisted death, Cancer, Death planning, Dementia, Dying Well, Good Death, Hospice, medicine, Oncology, taking control of death
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Harvard Study Reveals Components of a Life Well Lived for Men
A Harvard study begun 75 years ago reveals leading causes of death in men
A Harvard Study began in 1938 with the goal of uncovering what it takes to live a happy, fulfilled life for most men (its subjects were 268 male undergraduates.) Today, the results are in – and for what is being proclaimed … Continue reading
