Which Disposition is the “Eco-Friendliest?” Click on this link to read this clear and concise explanation of body disposal options. Note that not all options are available in all states.
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This news article is about how some schools are teaching students how to grieve. To read the full article, click on this link.
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We offer this array of articles from a variety of sources that deal with issues of how death and dying are dealt with in different cultures, religions and regions.
- The radio program 1A airs an excellent broadcast about options for Eco-Friendly after death.
- The cost of dying in all 50 states.
- NFDA and FTC tackle The Funeral Rule at 2020 convention.
- A graceful exit: taking charge of the end of life.
- This is what happens to unclaimed bodies in America.
- When a doctor and patient disagree about end-of-life care.
- Kids are grieving too: an amateur's guide to death and dying.
- My friend's green burial.
- The COVIDS cremation trend. What you need to know.
- Dutch Living Coffin provides life after death.
- Everything you need to know about a Living Will.
- The Order of the Good Death video.
- "Death should be democratic." Why this French man wants to live stream his death.
- Pushing up daisies. Why grave gardening should be the latest gardening trend.
- Widower regrets not having living will at hospital.
- You can't imagine? Well, neither can I. What not to say to grieving people.
- How Death Doulas have adopted end-of-life care Amid COVID-19.
- As his mom fought COVID-19 a med student gained end-of-life insights.
- How men grieve.
- Your ethical will and the wisdom of Ecclessiastes.
- Can you freeze dry your corpse?
- How COVID-19 is changin our relationship with death.
- To die well, we must talk about death before we die.
- Considerations for developing online bereavement support groups.
- First human composting site to open in 2021.
- Why Im planing my own funeral.
- Don't talk about how it "gets better." Modern Loss.
- A hard look at the landscape of death and dying.
- Anticipatory grief: The Amateur's Guide to death and dying.
- Turning to death dulas helps "take the fear away" when loved ones die.
- The pandemic broke end of life care.
- Why won't we talk about death?
- Price list essentials: see what the funeral home is should provide.
- New funeral home price list tip sheet; after filed inspections.
- Dead Houses: burins the dead in frozen ground.
- The unconventional new age ways people are getting buried.
- Sometimes a "good death" is the best a doctor can offer.
- How Covid-19 changes how doctors deal with death.
- Race and the funeral industry: what Jessica Mitford missed.
- How to die: advice from psychotherapist Irving Yalom.
- How visions, dreams and end-of-life experiences help people prepare for death.
- Listening on when it hurts to listen.
- Corono-virus reminds you of death and amplifies your core values.
- Virus deaths in the 100,000's and the funeral business is in trouble.
- Hospice care continues without the human touch.
- You need to make a "When I Die" file before it's too late.
- Paliative care doctors turn to technology to help those dying alone.
- Navigating "anticipatory grief": how to deal with your lost year.
- COVID-19 changes funerals and how families grieve.
- Dying and grieving during a pandemic.Death with dignity.
- Six things NOT to say to a dying friend.
- Almost 100,000 dead and no hint of national mourning.
- What death should teach us about life and living; my Jewish leaning.
- For the dying, music thanatology can be therapeutic.
- Reinventing grief in an era of enforced isolation.
- Find empowerment through grief.
- After Mom dies of COVID-19 in NYC, Syracuse woman takes on a final a final promise: a place of rest.
- How to hold a virtual memorial service: a step-by-step guide.
- The death positive movement and what is it.
- My complex organ donation decision, a story of modern loss.
- As the pandemic forces us to abandon traditional rituals of grief.
- How to transport a dead body by plane.
- National Estate Planning week is October 16-22. Click here to receive valuable advice and information about estate planning.
- Watch this emotional and powerful video about a woman who supports RIGHT TO DIE legislation.
- This article from the New York Times discusses why it's so "difficult to die in peace." Click here to rad the full article.
- Here is a thoughtful and informative piece from a newsletter called Brain Pickings on "How to Live with Death".
- When is the best time to call on Hospice? Here's a story about e four-year old child and Hosice care.
- This CNN piece deals with options and information cancer patients are not often aware of.
- From the New York Times, this moving article tells the story of how one man asked family and friends to allow him to die as he wanted.
- Meet the baseball fan who's been flushing his buddy's ashes down ballpark toilets.
- Online obits spark a new interest in the lives of people you don't even know. See some samples and read about this trend by clicking here.
- New technology assures that no one will ever miss a funeral again. Read about it here.
- For anyone who has had, loved and lost a pet, this obituary written by Eugene O'Neil in 1940 will warm your heart.
- Advocates for aid in dying want the state to make it legal for medical professionals to prescribe life-ending medication for terminally ill, mentally competent patients who wish to choose how to end their lives. We heard from Corinne Carey, the New York State Campaign Director for Compassion & Choices, about what the legislation would do. Click here to listen to the interview.
- The tests a doctor might ask to check if you are alert and healthy have changed in the age of Trump. Read all about it here.
- The Drive-By funeral service is here. Click here to read all about it.
- On Feb. 7, the NPR program "All Things Considered" aired an investigative report about the funeral industry and funeral planning. Click here to listen to this informative story.
- This story continues on NPR's "Morning Edition" with another version of this story. This one has an interview with Josh Slocum, Executive Director of the National FCA. Click here to listen to it.
- FROM TEXAS: A new way of disposing of human remains. Read about it here.
- FROM NPR: A doctor pulls back the curtain on the slow ways we die. Both and audio and text version of this story here.
- Nearly one in five Americans now lives in a state where terminally ill patients may legally choose to end their lives with prescriptions from a doctor.
- Have you ever eaten at a Death Cafe? You probably think you would not want to. But these establishments are growing up around the nation and they provide counsel, comfort and friendship. The closest to Syracuse is in Ithaca. Find out more by clicking this link.
- A strong message from all FCA's is to share your end-of-life wishes with friends, relatives, legal advisors...anyone who might be with you when you can't represent your needs. This article from the Mount Holyoke Alumnae Newsletter, "The Maven" is an articulate expression of this message.
- Are you interested in pursuing the idea of a green or natural burial? A first place you might look to learn more about this option is Greensprings Cemetary outside of Ithaca.
- Read this powerful story about one man's quest to "change the way we die."
- Anna Davere Smith is a playwright who deals with issues of death and cultures of dieing. Here is an introduction to some of her works.