Dying

This Couple Died By Assisted Suicide Together. Here’s Their Story

By JoNel Aleccia / Kaiser Health News

Why More Older Americans Are Suffering From Fatal Falls

By Josh Sanburn

How Terri Schiavo Shaped the Right-to-Die Movement

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Find Out How Long You'll Live

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Why Dying Is Easier for Doctors

For all the effort they spend fending off the deaths of others, they tend to be fairly serene when faced with their own death

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Why Your Doctor Probably Has a "Do Not Resuscitate" Order

Doctors know that aggressive end of life care can be a waste of money—and painful. Yet that's exactly what happens when Americans die

By Bryan Walsh

The New American Way of Death

By 2017, 1 out of 2 Americans will choose cremation over burial. Our changing attitude toward this final rite of passage says everything about the way we live now

By Josh Sanburn

The Long Goodbye

For five months, I was my parents' death panel. And where the costly chaos of Medicare failed, a team of salaried doctors and nurses offered a better way

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