Does Death Have to Be a Death Sentence? (Update)

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…