Meet the Australians who are taking their death into their own hands and choosing to die at home.
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Joe is 34 and is facing his own death. He was given a terminal cancer diagnosis and has already lived longer than doctors predicted. He tells Leah how dying was nothing like he had anticipated, and he and his friends discuss the impact this unexpected turn has had on how they view life
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How do you talk about death with a dying loved one? Dr. Atul Gawande explores death, dying and why even doctors struggle to discuss being mortal with patients, in this Emmy-nominated documentary. “Aging and dying - you can’t fix those," says Dr. Gawande.
What does it feel like to know you’re dying? In episode two of Death Land, Leah Green meets people who are facing up to the end of their lives. She follows palliative care doctor Sunita Puri as she helps her patients come to terms with their own mortality.
“Poetry and the End of Life” event on December 5, 2013. The end of a life is not solitary: it is our shared fate, a through-passing universally experienced, witnessed, and attended.
Tara interviews Frank Ostaseski, founder of Zen Hospice on a contemplative approach to death and dying.
This event marks the publication in French of Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche's new book In Love With the World, A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying (Fayard Publishing). The event was organized by Rencontres Perspectives.
This video is an excerpt from Stephen and Ondrea’s “Couch Talk 15.”