COAST TO COAST AM - February 21 2017 - END-OF-LIFE APPROACHES

"Coast to Coast AM February 21, 2017. Jessica Zitter, M.D. is an expert on the medical experience of death and dying. She attended Stanford University and Case Western Reserve Medical School and is featured in Extremis, an Oscar-nominated documentary about end-of-life decision-making in an ICU. In the first half, she discussed her ideas for a better way to exit life that could change some of the basic tenets of medical culture.
Dr. Zitter realized that in many cases, in her attempts to prolong lives, such as by hooking patients up to feeding or breathing tubes, she was actually causing more suffering for them. Because of this she added a new type of medical training-- palliative care, to her regular practice at the ICU."

[@ivyfratter1877]

My husband died on May 11th with congestive heart disease in a large hospital. Our family did not know until he was in the ICU that he could not come home again and we had to decide to keep him alive on life support or take him off of it. What a shocking reality we had to deal with but after seeing him lose the ability to swallow and trying to pull everything off of him we decided to let him die as comfortably as possible in another room. It did not take long after that for him to stop breathing. This was a very difficult decision but we all agreed that it was the right thing to do. Thank you for discussing this on Coast to Coast.

[@garykay7418]

something we should all be interested in as it's guaranteed that it is in your future.

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Dignity in death is a continuation of respect in life.

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There is no death in Reality which is eternal. Know Thy Self.

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Death is beautiful it bring you to the truth . nothing to fear

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The big push to sell at hone deaths😊

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How much are we going to pay for that.😂 bigger profit margins.

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[@16nowhereman]

First of all, as a society we need to stop using the word dying or death. These words sound harsh and "bad." We should use words like, passing or moving on. These expressions sound more "accepting" of death and dying. Secondly, most of us will move on without knowledge when we transfer, unless you die from a sudden and unexpected death. We fear death because of our culture and how society views death and dying. Finally, before we reach the "end" or have a major illness, we should all discuss and have something left written for our loved ones to know what we want and how we should go. Do not wait until you are no longer aware of your mental and physical state to decide what you want, or have your children or family decide what your wishes are when you reach that point. Just like you should have a will for your finances, there should be a "will" on what loved ones should do as you reach your demise.

[@aaronl5072]

You speak with a factual type tone, we move on with no knowledge of when we transfer. Says who? You? Where do you get this from? I can tell you mean well with your post. But don't state things as facts, when death is the one thing, we don't know till we know.
And death is dieing. You die. You're dead.

[@LAkadian]

As a society, we need to stop policing speech, and being afraid of words.

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@@LAkadian Exactly!

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What sick shit are coast to coast pushing now!?

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