RESOURCES

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REFERENCES BY TOPIC
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Advance directives, POLST, CPR

• The Most Important Conversation to Have Before You Die (New York Times, 11.27.2024)
• Letter to My Doctor (pdf)
• The Hidden Harms of CPR (The New Yorker, 8.5.2023) 

Planning for continuity of care

• ​A Longer Life Can Lead to Financial Concerns, and More Questions (New York Times, 4.29.2026)
• Cost of Long Term Care (New York Times, 5.24.2025)
  
  

MAiD and VSED

• Initial Information for Patients Considering Aid in Dying

Dementia

• Medications That May Increase Dementia Risk (New York Times, 04.22.2026)
• Dementia surge expected (New York Times, 1.13.2025)

Grief and bereavement

• Opinion: If My Dying Daughter Could Face Her Mortality, Why Couldn’t the Rest of Us - The New York Times, 11.25.2024 (pdf)

Dying

• ​Let’s Talk About Death (New York Times, 7.15.2025)
• ​​Meet the Nun Who Wants You to Remember You Will  Die (New York Times, 5.14.2025) 

ORGANIZATIONS
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• Compassion and Choices​
• Academy of Aid-in-Dying Medicine (AADM)
• End of Life Choices California
• Final Exit Network​

​BIBLIOGRAPHY

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