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Ricki Lake and Alua Arthur Talk About Death, Life, Grief and Joy

Ricki Lake and Alua Arthur

Sebastian Junger: How Near-Death Experience Changes Life

Sebastian Junger

Stacy London On Grief, Aging, Life & Menopause

Stacy London and Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider

Support for Veterans at End of Life

Qwynn Galloway-Salazar, PhD

Supporting Grieving Kids: Advice from a 16-Year-Old

Kennedy Murphy

Faith In The Face Of Suffering, Chaplain J.S. Park

Chaplain J.S. Park

57 Fridays: Child Loss, Grief & Living with Dying

Myra Sack and Matthew Goldstein, MD, PhD

Death Education For High Schoolers

Austin Roy

Quality End-of-Life Care for Hispanic Americans

Andrya R. Rivera-Burciaga, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, ACHPN

Embodied Grief and Wisdom for Healing, Sah D’Simone

Sah D’Simone

7 Things To Do When Grieving, Lisa Keefauver

Lisa Keefauver, MSW

A Doctor’s Story of Reconnecting to His Humanity

Anthony Chin-Quee, MD

Roshi Joan Halifax on Compassion and Dying

Roshi Joan Halifax, Ph.D.

#1 Thing Clinicians Can Do for Palliative Care

Jared Rubenstein, MD

Death, Grief & Resilience: Finding Your Anchor

Tembi Locke on Life After Grief

Tembi Locke

Nurse Lindsay Brant Helps Patients and Staff Live with Dying

Lindsay Brant BSN, RN, CCRN, EOLD, MFA

The Pitt: A Raw Look at End-of-Life in the ER

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Clinician-Led Peer Support: Anu Gorukanti, MD, Laura Holford, RN, Sarah Warren, RN

High School Death Education: Austin Roy

All Loss Hurts: Kelly Cervantes

Myth-busting About End-Of-Life: Jared Rubenstein, MD

Sah D’Simone

Deathdays and Birthdays: Chaplain J.S. Park

Building COMMUNITY: Lindsay Brant, RN

Grief’s A Bitch: Lisa Keefauver

Mindfulness and Kids Care: Glen Komatsu, MD

Ritual and Movement: Myra Sack

Meeting Death: Sebastian Junger

Supporting Veterans Through The End Of Life: Qwynn Galloway-Salazar

A Young Person’s Experience With Grief: Kennedy Murphy

End Well 2024

Tig Notaro wants to destigmatize cancer conversations

Tig Notaro

How to minimize pain for children in palliative care | Stefan J. Friedrichsdorf

Stefan J. Friedrichsdorf

Too much time is spent accessing Medicaid | Adimika Meadows Arthur

Adimika Meadows Arthur

Feasible & affordable palliative care with Ira Byock

Ira Byock, MD, FAAHPM

Harry Hudson: A young songwriter’s cancer journey

Harry Hudson

Do patients talk to deceased loved ones before death? | Hadley Vlahos

Hadley Vlahos, RN

Lessons from a children’s TV writer turned death doula | Darnell Lamont Walker

Darnell Lamont Walker

How the healthcare system can make grief harder | Claire Bidwell Smith

Claire Bidwell Smith, LCPC

What a doctor learned from taking psychedelic medicine | Anthony Back

Anthony Back, MD

Why human composting is a sustainable burial method | Katrina Spade

Katrina Spade

How healthy grieving can help through the arc of loss | Laurel Braitman

Laurel Braitman, PhD

How making friends with your future self can make living & dying better | Hal Hershfield

Hal Hershfield, PhD

Amanda Kloots: Raising a child after loss

Amanda Kloots

Caregivers are the future | Ai-jen Poo

Ai-jen Poo

Holding space for a beautiful death | Hui-wen Sato

Hui-wen Sato, RN, MSN, MPH, CCRN

What losing a child taught a mom about death stories | J.J. Duncan

J.J. Duncan

Devin Moss: A humanist chaplain for death row

Devin Moss

How nature heals | Louie Schwartzberg

Louie Schwartzberg

How personal stories can transform healthcare | Andrew MacPherson

Andrew MacPherson

How music and art transformed grieving in Belgium | Pieter Deknudt

Pieter Deknudt

Hospice and Jimmy Carter’s Legacy

Monthly Giving

End Well Stories: Touching Life

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Autumn is a Time to Rediscover Lost Rituals of End-of-Life

PDF – Death on TV

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Supporting People Of Color Through Grief: Community Member – Alica Forneret

In A Time of Collective Grief, How To Cope With World Tragedy

Practical Solutions: Community Member – Sarah Grifferty

Empathetic Technology: Community Member – Daniel Shaw

The Mourning Revolution: Reframing Grief with Music and Connection

Bringing Medicine and Spirituality Closer: Community Member – Brad Stuart, MD

A Journey of Care, Culture and Compassion: An Interview with Ai-Jen Poo

An Interview with Chaplain Devin Moss – Updated

Bridging the Divide: An Interview with Pediatric Nurse Hui-wen Sato

The Art Of Beginning Again: An Interview with Tembi Locke

Healing Through Story: An Interview with J.J. Duncan

How Ageism Impacts End Of Life Planning: An Interview with Hal Hershfield

Leaning Into Grief: An Interview With Claire Bidwell Smith

Finding Comfort in Grief Through AI: A Gentle Guide

End Well Stories: The Bookends Of Life

Pioneering Psychedelics Researcher Roland Griffiths Opens Up About His Terminal Diagnosis

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Are we learning to live better, or just longer?

President Carter’s legacy on end of life care

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Better death

Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider on the need for quality end-of-life care

Death Without Duality: Three Both/Ands at the End of Life

No one was organizing an SF rally against gun violence — so 1 woman did it

Rising stars: 90 healthcare leaders under 40

A former symbol of Silicon Valley’s “crush it” culture now regrets working so much

Living and Dying Well Through the End of Life

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Bringing Psychedelic Therapies To Marginalized People

Courtney Watson, LMFT, CST

Every Life Is Valuable Through To The End

Rabbi Steve Leder

Melissa Etheridge On Psychedelics and Healing

Melissa Etheridge

Psychedelic Therapy After The Loss Of A Child

Chris Adrian, MD

Rick Doblin Shares How Psychedelics Ease Suffering At End Of Life

Rick Doblin, PhD

Rick Doblin’s Vision For The Future Of Psychedelic Therapies

Rick Doblin, PhD

The Imperative For Indigenous Wisdom To Inform Modern Psychedelic Therapies

Patricia James

The Power Of Psychedelics To Heal Social Injustice

Mellody Hayes, MD

Van Jones On Ensuring Psychedelic Therapies Reach BIPOC Communities

Van Jones, Shoshana Ungerleider, MD

What Does The Research On Psychedelics Show?

Stephen Ross, MD

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Apple’s health boss leaves for new start-up, fulfilling a promise he made to his sick sister

How This Doctor Is Bringing Human Connection Back to End-of-Life Care

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A Hotline For Lonely Elders

Sophie Andrews

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A Musical Tribute To Everyone We’ve Lost During The Pandemic

Legendary saxophonist Mike Phillips & friends

An Insider Perspective On Putting Heart Back Into Healthcare

Mark B. Ganz

How Images Of Nature Can Heal

Louie Schwartzberg

Writing An Obituary That Celebrates Your Life

Nora McInerny

Letting Go Of Expectations During Illness

Justin Baldoni with Laura Sobiech

Ending Healthcare Bankruptcy For Elders

Joseph Schneier

Nobody Should Die Alone

Sonali Wilborn, MD, MBA, HMDC with Matt Richtel

Palliative And Trauma-Informed Care For The Unhomed

Naheed Dosani, MD

Transformative Philanthropy In Healthcare

Peggy Maguire

It’s Okay To Not Be Okay: Destigmatizing Mental Health Challenges For African Americans

Taraji P. Henson

Sounds Of Caring: Frontline Caregivers During COVID-19

Yoko Sen

Creating Monuments For Healing

Hank Willis Thomas

Reframing Health Narratives For BIPOC Communities

Abigail Echo-Hawk, MA, and Camille Burnett, PhD

Andy Cohen wants to help men grieve | End Well

Andy Cohen

The Tension Between Caring For Another And Caring For Oneself

Aisha Adkins, MPA, CNP

Surviving Survivor Guilt

Justin Baldoni in conversation with Prince Aidoo,

Toxic Healthcare Costs

Fumiko Chino, MD

How Blair Underwood And His Family Navigate Caregiving

Blair Underwood, Frank Eugene Underwood Jr. and Ma

Larry King and Hollywood Elders On Living Well In Their Golden Years

Larry King, Marion Ross, Marla Gibbs, Norman Lear,

The Who’s Roger Daltrey On How Almost Dying Brought Him Peace

Roger Daltrey

Food, Community And Legacy

Stephen Satterfield with Osayi Endolyn and Thérè

A Transgender Pastor On A Hero’s Journey

Reverend Paula Stone Williams

The Dreams Of The Dying

Christopher Kerr, MD, PhD

Brave Listening: Inviting Others To Say What Can Be Hard To Hear

Maya Scott, MSW, LICSW

Maria Shriver Talks About Grief And Loss

Maria Shriver and Claire Bidwell Smith

Dr. Atul Gawande Talks About Coming To Terms With Mortality

Atul Gawande, MD, MPH

Blog

The Paradox Of Vulnerability

Frank Ostaseski

How death doulas help us navigate end of life care | End Well

Alua Arthur

The Case For Beauty Through To The End

BJ Miller, MD

The Role Faith Plays In Clinical Care

Pastor Corey L. Kennard

‘Til Death Do We Part: Intimacy During And After Illness

Esther Perel

Why Massachuesetts Is At The Forefront Of EOL Care

Andrew Dreyfus

What caregivers do before & after their person is gone | End Well

Vivian Nunez

Rural Palliative Care

Michael Fratkin, MD

Taking A Long View On Health And Wellness

Peggy Maguire

Resonant Beauty: From Patient To Hospital Soundscape Designer

Yoko Sen

Caring For An Aging LGBTQ Population

Nii-Quartelai Quartey, EdD

Infusing End Of Life Conversations With Love

Sunita Puri, MD

Inclusive Design

August de los Reyes

A 90 Year Old Designs Tech For The Elderly

Barbara Beskind

A young person’s perspective on grief & loss | End Well

Rylie Kearns

Living While Dying, A Contingency Plan

Adam Hayden

The Tragedy (Discourse) Of Dementia

Sallie Tisdale, RN

Why Tim McGraw advocates for hospice & palliative care | End Well

Tim McGraw & Jim Meadows, MD

Why Meghan McCain Wants To Destigmatize Grieving

Meghan McCain & Lucy Kalanithi, MD

Let’s Talk About Death, Baby

Lisa O’Leary, End Well eCaregiver

Everyone Deserves Palliative Care Support — Not Just Patients

Jeremy Pivor, End Well ePatient

My Day on the Pediatric Palliative Care Ward

Jeremy Pivor, End Well ePatient

One Family, One Chance: Reframing My Life as a Millennial Caregiver

Aisha Adkins, End Well eCaregiver

The Pause: Taking Time After a Patient Dies

Jonathan Bartels, RN, Silvia Perez-Protto, MD, MS

Justin Baldoni wants to change how we talk about death | End Well

Justin Baldoni

The D-Word: Getting Familiar With Life’s Uncertainty

Molly Marco, End Well ePatient

Why We Don’t Plan For End of Life

Shoshana Ungerleider, MD

Exploring Inequality At End-of-Life for the LGBT Community

End Well Staff

AI and The Future Of Caregiving with Kai-Fu Lee| End Well

Kai-Fu Lee

Report From The Frontline Of Health Care Transformation

Tracy Gaudet, MD

An Invitation To Innovation in Healthcare

Mark B. Ganz

Everyone Has Their Story Of End Of Life

Andrew MacPherson

Understanding The Basics Of End Of Life Care

Aditi Mallick, MD

Patient Advocacy And Physician Empowerment

Meg Gaines, JD, LLM

The Art of Designing Policy With Heart

Torrie Fields

Changing Healthcare From Within

Torrie Fields

Transforming The Hospital Soundscape

Yoko Sen

Pursuit Of Longevity: Fear Of Death Or Love Of Life?

Michael Hebb & Eric Weinstein

What We Used To Know About Death

Ivor Williams

By Design: How A Space Can Shape Problem-solving

Clive Wilkinson

What Designers Can Learn About End Of Life By Looking At Birth

Chris Waugh

Taking Control Of Your Health Records

Anil Sethi

How Pain Inspired Sara Auster To Become A Sound Therapist

Sara Auster

Building Care: Designing A Hospital That Builds Community From The Ground Up

Michael Murphy

How VR Might Help Us Die Better IRL

Jeremy Bailenson

Doctors And Design

Bon Ku, MD

Bringing End Of Life Planning To Underserved Communities

Randi Belisomo

Pediatric Palliative Care And The Value Of Thoughtful Communication

Pamela S. Hinds, RN, Ph.D., FAAN

How To Launch A Movement To Bring Empathy Into Healthcare

Peggy Maguire & Courtney E. Martin

Orchestrating A Good Death

Jessica Hanson, RN

Alicia Garza On What Made Her Mother Happy At The End

Alicia Garza

How Bias In Healthcare Nearly Killed Me

Bridgette Hempstead

How Caregiving Impacts The End Of Life

Patricia Beirne & John Bruce

An Oscar-Winner Reframes Death To See The Beauty of Life

David Seidler & Clara Hendon

Behavioral Scientist Maya Shankar On Why We Do What We Do

Maya Shankar, PhD

How Psychedelics Can Offer Transcendence At End Of Life

Anthony P. Bossis, PhD

Undying Love: An Intimate Conversation About End Of LIfe

Lucy Kalanithi, MD & Frank Ostaseski

You Don’t Have To Find Out You’re Dying To Start Living

Justin Baldoni

Who Said Talking About Mortality Can’t Be Funny?

Jeremie Saunders

What’s Love Got To Do With It? The Neuroscience Of Empathy

James R. Doty, MD

Why You Should Spend Time With A Dead Body

Caitlin Doughty

How Talking About Grief Can Unite Us

Rebecca Soffer

Overcoming Implicit Bias In Healthcare

Alexis McGill Johnson

Dr. Ira Byock, Palliative Care Pioneer, Shares Why Language Matters

Ira Byock, MD & Anthony Shore

A Caregiving Advocate Learns About Recieving Care

Alexandra Drane

Death Ed: Teens Are More Interested Than You Think

Dawn Gross + Jessica Zitter

Empowering Community Caregivers

Sarita Gupta & Reverend Cynthia Carter Perrilliat, MPA

A Tribe Called Quest’s Ali Shaheed Muhammad On Faith, Art And Mortality

Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Courtney E. Martin

Reclaiming The End of Life As a Human Experience

BJ Miller, MD

The Digital Afterlife

Rebecca Blum

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The Time to Talk About Death Is Now

Aditi Mallick, MD

Cancer Survivorship Might Kill Me

Maggie Rogers, MPH

Clara Was 8 Years Old. And She Was Dying of Cancer

Mark B. Ganz

Why a Temporary Advance Directive Turned Out to be the Most Important Page in My Medical Record

Leilani Graham, End Well ePatient

Talking About Death Helps Plan For The End Of Life

Adam Hayden

Terminal Life

Molly Marco, End Well ePatient

Death Ed for Teens

Jessica Nutik Zitter, MD, MPH, and Dawn Gross, MD PhD