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Death is not something to shy away from, and a growing number of people are supporting the dying and their loved ones.
Opinion

Death is not something to shy away from, and a growing number of people are supporting the dying and their loved ones.

  • Pam Marino
  • Oct 5, 2025

Is there such a thing as a “good death?” Pam Marino here, sharing the cover story I wrote for this week’s paper called “Sweet Parting.”

Death doulas are becoming more common as people seek to make their final days more comfortable and meaningful.
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Death doulas are becoming more common as people seek to make their final days more comfortable and meaningful.

  • Pam Marino
  • Oct 2, 2025

IT WAS TIME TO END CHEMOTHERAPY, Jilmarie Chapple decided in March. The breast cancer she beat years ago had returned and metastasized through…

A powerful film chronicles one man’s last days within a loving community for all to witness.
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A powerful film chronicles one man’s last days within a loving community for all to witness.

  • Pam Marino
  • May 1, 2025

Facing certain death from a brain tumor, Ethan “E3” Sisser adopted a mantra.

A new fund to support families facing end-of-life challenges honors an outgoing hospice leader.
News

A new fund to support families facing end-of-life challenges honors an outgoing hospice leader.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jun 13, 2024

As Siobhan Greene was approaching retirement as CEO of the Hospice Giving Foundation, the board of directors wanted to do something to honor G…

Forum | Opinion

The California Medical Association should stand down when it comes to end of life options.

  • Susan Meister
  • Feb 19, 2015

The Supreme Court of Canada recently ruled unanimously that doctors may provide aid-in-dying to patients with “grievous and irremediable” medi…

Forum | Opinion

It’s time to support sensible and sensitive measures for the terminally ill.

  • Susan Meister
  • Jan 29, 2015

Americans are a death-denying society, held in the sway of a medical-industrial complex that too often believes there is one more treatment op…

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