Best Life Best Death

#250 Too Poor to Die – Amy Shea, PhD


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What does it mean to be “too poor to die”? Author and researcher Amy Shea took a deep dive into how poverty affects the end of life.

What happens when you die with no money and no family to collect the remains? What are the trajectories that lead someone to be buried in a potter’s field, aka county burial grounds? How are people in the unhoused population cared for at the end of life? Are there any bright spots? Listen as we raise important questions about poverty, dignity, remembrance, and how society cares for people at the end of life. As you can imagine, the bubbles we live in shape how we see death.

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