“I want an untamed, beautiful death. So I think we should have a competition in dying, sort of like Halloween costumes,” wrote Anatole Broyard in his pathography, Intoxicated by my Illness, written in…
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Go ahead and contemplate your own mortality. How does it feel? Would you be surprised to learn that it can potentially improve your mental health to think about your death more often? The Russian novelist…
Contrary to the popular wisdom that it’s a taboo subject, we love discussing death. Dead bodies fascinate us and some of our favourite television shows have been about death and forensic pathology. But…
The sudden death of a previously healthy young individual is a rare but tragic event. Every year about one in 100,000 people aged between one and 35 dies suddenly of a natural cause. The vast majority…
First case of voluntary euthanasia for a child has taken place. But there are fundamental issues with this procedure.
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Research Fellow, Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne
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Professor Emeritus of Death Studies, University of Bath
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Palliative Medicine Physician, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Professor of Law, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology
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Distinguished Professor, Professor of End-of-Life Law and Regulation, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology
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Assistant Professor of Communications, Elon University
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Professor, University of Stirling
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NIHR Clinician Scientist and Honorary Consultant in Palliative Medicine, King's College London
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Professor of Medicine, University of Florida
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Palliative Care Physician, Barwon Health
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Professor, English and Folklore Studies, University of Oregon
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Senior Specialist in Intensive Care and Head of Clinical Unit in Ethics and Health Law, University of Newcastle
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Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, University of Oxford
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Professor of Law, Wake Forest University