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Tag Archives: end-of-life
How Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Patients Face the End-of-Life
Would you take magic mushrooms to ease end-of-life anxiety?
A study conducted by psychiatrist Charles Grob, a researcher at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, administered psilocybin — an active component of psychedelic mushrooms — to cancer patients near the end-of-life to see if it could reduce their fear of death. The research, … Continue reading
Taking Control of the End-of-Life
Advance care directives help you express your wishes now so they can be honored when the time comes
In her latest release Never Say Die: The Myth and Marketing of the New Old Age, Susan Jacoby offers a critique of the “new old age” — the belief that the baby boom generation just beginning to turn 65 can … Continue reading
Die$mart, by Kathy Lane and Christine Hughes
11 common mistakes people make in after-death planning, and what you can do to avoid them
SevenPonds reviews Kathy Lane and Christine Hughes’ helpful planning guide Die$mart. Continue reading
what is Psychosomatic Medicine? Interview with Dr. Mary Alice O’Dowd
Integrating Psychosomatic Medicine with End-of-Life Care
I had the pleasure of a brief Q&A with Dr. Mary Alice O’Dowd, Director of the Psychosomatic Medicine Consultation Service at Montefiore Medical Center in New York. Dr. O’Dowd is also Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Albert Einstein College of … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Advice
Tagged end-of-life, Medical Care, Montefiore, Psychosomatic Medicine
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“Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” by Jonathan Safran Foer
The Poignant Book About A Child Coping with the Loss of His Father Turned into a Poorly-Critiqued Film in 2011
In the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, nine-year-old Oskar Schell has embarked on an urgent, secret mission that will take him through the five boroughs of New York. His goal is to find the lock that matches a mysterious key … Continue reading
A Glimpse into Contemporary Iranian Passing
Remembrance events in modern Iranian culture
As an Iranian-American, I spent the first five years of my life in Tehran before moving permanently to the US. I have experienced both the traditional Islamic Iranian funeral in Iran and the contemporary ceremony in America. Despite the fact … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Perspectives
Tagged Death ceremony, end-of-life, Iran, Iranian Americans, Life Celebrations, Middle East, Persian culture, Remembrance
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