Palliative physician B.J. Miller asks: Is there a better way to think about dying? And can death be beautiful?

 

• SOURCES:
  • B.J. Miller, palliative-care physician and President at Mettle Health.

 

• RESOURCES:
  • A Beginner’s Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death, by Shoshana Berger and B.J. Miller and (2019).
  • “After A Freak Accident, A Doctor Finds Insight Into ‘Living Life And Facing Death,'” by Fresh Air (W.Y.P.R., 2019).
  • “Dying In A Hospital Means More Procedures, Tests And Costs,” by Alison Kodjak (W.Y.P.R., 2016).
  • “The Final Year: Visualizing End Of Life,” by Arcadia (2016).
  • “What Really Matters at the End of Life,” by B.J. Miller (TED, 2015).
  • “The Flexner Report ― 100 Years Later,” by Thomas P. Duffy (Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, 2011).
  • “My Near Death Panel Experience,” by Earl Blumenauer (The New York Times, 2009).
  • The Center for Dying and Living.

 

• EXTRAS:
  • “Max Tegmark on Why Superhuman Artificial Intelligence Won’t be Our Slave (Part 2),” by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).
  • “Max Tegmark on Why Treating Humanity Like a Child Will Save Us All,” by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).
  • “Amanda & Lily Levitt Share What It’s Like to be Steve’s Daughters,” by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).
  • “Edward Glaeser Explains Why Some Cities Thrive While Others Fade Away,” by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).
  • “Sendhil Mullainathan Explains How to Generate an Idea a Minute (Part 2),” by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).
  • “Sendhil Mullainathan Thinks Messing Around Is the Best Use of Your Time,” by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).
  • “How Does Facing Death Change Your Life?” by No Stupid Questions (2021).
  • “How to Be Better at Death,” by Freakonomics Radio (2021).

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