by Judy | Feb 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
People significantly overestimate the success of CPR and underestimate the negative impact it can have on their health. Most everyone believes that CPR is relatively successful with most patients surviving out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, according to the Journal of...
by Judy | Jul 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
For the last year and a half, we have worn masks, washed our hands, stayed six feet apart, even washed our groceries and peeled off our clothes after being out in the world, jumped in the shower, and put our clothes in the washer. All of this to avoid Covid, but it...
by Judy | Apr 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
The near-death experience (NDE) occurs when a person is technically dead for a brief period and is then revived. During this brief interval, a person can step into an intense, and usually joyful, experience of a transcendent existence that can be at once confusing,...
by Judy | Nov 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
What does it take to be wise about dying? Since this website is called “Dying with Wisdom,” perhaps we should explore that. It is partly and attitude, partly a matter of facing our fears, and partly a matter of how much we’ve thought about it. Many Buddhist traditions...
by Judy | Oct 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
In a recent N.Y. Times article (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/03/well/live/is-dying-at-home-overrated.html), a palliative care doctor made the argument that many patients and caregivers underestimate the burdens of helping someone die at home. They may not...
by Judy | Oct 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
When children experience the death of a parent before the age of 17, it will affect on their character and emotional development—one way or the other. Many children who have suffered this hardship become mature, successful adults who are resilient when life brings...
