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

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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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